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House Calendar No. 153
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 554
[Report No. 108–436] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3717) to increase the penalties 
for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions 
against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2004
Mrs. MYRICK, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution 
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3717) to in-
crease the penalties for violations by television and radio 
broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of 
obscene, indecent, and profane language.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 3717) to increase the penalties for 
violations by television and radio broadcasters of the pro-
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hibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and 
profane language. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 
the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to 
the bill and shall not exceed ninety minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 
After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order 
to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amend-
ment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce now printed in the bill. The com-
mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against the com-
mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute are 
waived. No amendment to the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those 
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution. Each such 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-
ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend-
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ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 
Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 
waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill 
to the House with such amendments as may have been 
adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 
House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 
the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 
to final passage without intervening motion except one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 153
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 554
[Report No. 108–436] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3717) 
to increase the penalties for violations by tele-
vision and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions 
against transmission of obscene, indecent, and 
profane language. 
MARCH 10, 2004
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed