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House Calendar No. 208 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 897 
[Report No. 109–540] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4761) to provide for exploration, 
development, and production activities for mineral resources on the outer 
Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29 (legislative day, JUNE 28), 2006 
Mrs. CAPITO, 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. 4761) to provide 
for exploration, development, and production activities 
for mineral resources on the outer Continental Shelf, 
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. 4761) to provide for exploration, 
development, and production activities for mineral re-
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sources on the outer Continental Shelf, and for other pur-
poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 
All points of order against consideration of the bill are 
waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 
shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled 
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Resources. 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 amendment under the five-minute rule 
the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended 
by the Committee on Resources 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. 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. Each such amendment may be offered 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 divided and controlled by the proponent and 
an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
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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 con-
clusion 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 amend-
ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 
or to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. 
SEC. 2. House Resolutions 162, 163, 181, 182, 393, 
395, 400, 401, 468, and 620 are laid upon the table. 
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House Calendar No. 208 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 897 
[Report No. 109–540] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4761) 
to provide for exploration, development, and pro-
duction activities for mineral resources on the 
outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 29 (legislative day, June 28), 2006 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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