IV 
House Calendar No. 51
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 319
[Report No. 109–132] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2745) to reform the United 
Nations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2005
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, 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. 2745) to reform 
the United Nations, and for other purposes.
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. 2745) to reform the United Na-
tions, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill 
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid-
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eration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con-
fined to the bill and shall not exceed 20 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on International Rela-
tions. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. 
SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi-
nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-
minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on International Rela-
tions now printed in the bill. The committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 
All points of order against the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute are waived. 
(b) Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, 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 accompanying this 
resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 
3 of this resolution. 
(c) Each amendment printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 
printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 
be debatable for the time specified in the report equally
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divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub-
ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 
or in the Committee of the Whole. 
(d) All points of order against amendments printed 
in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments 
en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived. 
(e)(1) Consideration of amendments printed in sub-
part A of part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules 
shall begin with an additional period of general debate, 
which shall be confined to the subject of accountability of 
the United Nations and shall not exceed 20 minutes equal-
ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on International Rela-
tions. 
(2) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart 
B of part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules shall 
begin with an additional period of general debate, which 
shall be confined to the subject of United Nations peace-
keeping operations and shall not exceed 10 minutes equal-
ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on International Rela-
tions. 
(3) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart 
C of part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules shall
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begin with an additional period of general debate, which 
shall be confined to the subject of the International Atom-
ic Energy Agency and shall not exceed 10 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on International Rela-
tions. 
(4) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart 
D of part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules shall 
begin with an additional period of general debate, which 
shall be confined to the subject of human rights and shall 
not exceed 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on International Relations. 
(5) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart 
E of part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules shall 
begin with an additional period of general debate, which 
shall be confined to the subject of the Oil-for Food Pro-
gram and shall not exceed 20 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on International Relations. 
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair-
man of the Committee on International Relations or his 
designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amend-
ments printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee 
on Rules not earlier disposed of or germane modifications
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of any such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pur-
suant to this section shall be considered as read (except 
that modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable 
for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
International Relations or their designees, shall not be 
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de-
mand for division of the question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in 
such amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the 
form of a motion to strike may be modified to the form 
of a germane perfecting amendment to the text originally 
proposed to be stricken. The original proponent of an 
amendment included in such amendments en bloc may in-
sert a statement in the Congressional Record immediately 
before the disposition of the amendments en bloc. 
SEC. 4. 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