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House Calendar No. 109 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 527 
[Report No. 109–266] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4128) to protect private property 
rights. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 2, 2005 
Mr. GINGREY, 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. 4128) to protect 
private property rights. 
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. 4128) to protect private property 
rights. 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
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shall not exceed 90 minutes, with 60 minutes equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on the Judiciary and 30 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Agri-
culture. 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 the Judiciary now printed in the bill. The committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid-
ered as read. 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 
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-
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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.
House Calendar No. 109 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 527 
[Report No. 109–266] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4128) 
to protect private property rights. 
NOVEMBER 2, 2005 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed