•HRES 1036 RH 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union for consid-
eration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 312) 
revising the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congres-
sional budget for the United States Government for fiscal 
year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels 
for fiscal years 2010 through 2013. The first reading of 
the concurrent resolution shall be dispensed with. All 
points of order against consideration of the concurrent 
resolution are waived. General debate shall not exceed four 
hours, with three hours confined to the congressional 
budget equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget 
and one hour on the subject of economic goals and policies 
equally divided and controlled by Representative Maloney 
of New York and Representative Saxton of New Jersey 
or their designees. After general debate the concurrent 
resolution shall be considered for amendment under the 
five-minute rule. The concurrent resolution shall be con-
sidered as read. No amendment shall be in order except 
those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac-
companying this resolution. Each amendment may be of-
fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of-
fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 
be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec-
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ified in the report equally divided and controlled by a pro-
ponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to 
amendment. All points of order against the amendments 
printed in the report are waived except that the adoption 
of an amendment in the nature of a substitute shall con-
stitute the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent 
resolution for amendment. After the conclusion of consid-
eration of the concurrent resolution for amendment, the 
Committee shall rise and report the concurrent resolution 
to the House with such amendment as may have been 
adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the concurrent resolution and amendments there-
to to final adoption without intervening motion except 
amendments offered by the chairman of the Committee 
on the Budget pursuant to section 305(a)(5) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 to achieve mathematical 
consistency. The concurrent resolution shall not be subject 
to a demand for division of the question of its adoption. 
SEC. 2. After a motion that the Committee rise has 
been rejected on a legislative day, the Chair may entertain 
another such motion on that day only if offered by the 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget or the Majority 
Leader or a designee. After a motion to strike out the 
resolving words of the concurrent resolution (as described 
in clause 9 of rule XVIII) has been rejected, the Chair 
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may not entertain another such motion during further 
consideration of the concurrent resolution. 
SEC. 3. During consideration in the House of House 
Concurrent Resolution 312 pursuant to this resolution, 
notwithstanding the operation of the previous question, 
the Chair may postpone further consideration of the con-
current resolution to such time as may be designated by 
the Speaker. 
SEC. 4. After adoption of House Concurrent Resolu-
tion 312, it shall be in order to take from the Speaker’s 
table Senate Concurrent Resolution 70 and to consider the 
Senate concurrent resolution in the House. All points of 
order against the Senate concurrent resolution and 
against its consideration are waived. It shall be in order 
to move to strike all after the resolving clause of the Sen-
ate concurrent resolution and to insert in lieu thereof the 
provisions of House Concurrent Resolution 312 as adopted 
by the House. All points of order against that motion are 
waived. 
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House Calendar No. 196 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1036 
[Report No. 110–548] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the concurrent reso-
lution (H. Con. Res. 312) revising the congres-
sional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congres-
sional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appro-
priate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 
through 2013. 
MARCH 11, 2008 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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