IV 
House Calendar No. 221 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 952 
[Report No. 109–603] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4157) to amend the Social 
Security Act to encourage the dissemination, security, confidentiality, 
and usefulness of health information technology. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2006 
Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Rules, reported the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered 
to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4157) to amend 
the Social Security Act to encourage the dissemination, 
security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health infor-
mation technology. 
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. 4157) to amend the Social Security 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:09 Jul 27, 2006
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\HR952.RH
HR952
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
HRES 952 RH 
Act to encourage the dissemination, security, confiden-
tiality, and usefulness of health information technology. 
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, with 35 minutes equally divided and con-
trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce and 25 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on Ways and 
Means. After general debate the bill shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the 
amendments recommended by the Committees on Energy 
and Commerce and Ways and Means now printed in the 
bill, the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed 
in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution, modified by the amendment print-
ed in part B of such report, shall be considered as adopted 
in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The 
bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill 
for the purpose of further amendment under the five- 
minute rule and shall be considered as read. All points 
of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are 
waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 
amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order ex-
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:09 Jul 27, 2006
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\HR952.RH
HR952
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
HRES 952 RH 
cept those printed in part C of the report of the Committee 
on Rules. 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 
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, as amended, to 
the House with such further amendments as may have 
been adopted. 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. 
SEC. 2. After passage of H.R. 4157, it shall be in 
order to consider in the House S. 1418. All points of order 
against the Senate bill and against its consideration are 
waived. It shall be in order to move to strike all after the 
enacting clause of the Senate bill and to insert in lieu 
thereof the provisions of H.R. 4157 as passed by the 
House. All points of order against that motion are waived. 
If the motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as amended, 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:09 Jul 27, 2006
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\HR952.RH
HR952
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
HRES 952 RH 
is passed, then it shall be in order to move that the House 
insist on its amendments to S. 1418 and request a con-
ference with the Senate thereon. 
SEC. 3. House Resolution 924 is laid upon the table. 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:09 Jul 27, 2006
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\HR952.RH
HR952
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:09 Jul 27, 2006
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\HR952.RH
HR952
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
House Calendar No. 221 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 952 
[Report No. 109–603] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4157) 
to amend the Social Security Act to encourage 
the dissemination, security, confidentiality, and 
usefulness of health information technology. 
JULY 26, 2006 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:09 Jul 27, 2006
Jkt 049200
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 6651
Sfmt 6651
E:\BILLS\HR952.RH
HR952
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS