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House Calendar No. 168 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 783 
[Report No. 109–441] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4975) to provide greater 
transparency with respect to lobbying activities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27 (legislative day, APRIL 26), 2006 
Mr. DREIER, 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. 4975) to provide 
greater transparency with respect to lobbying activities, 
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. 4975) to provide greater trans-
parency with respect to lobbying activities, and for other 
purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 
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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 con-
trolled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader 
or their designees. 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 the Judiciary, Rules, and Government Reform now 
printed in the bill, the amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute consisting of the text of the Rules Committee Print 
dated April 21, 2006, modified by the amendment printed 
in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted in 
the House and the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as 
amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the 
purpose of further amendment and shall be considered as 
read. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no further 
amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order ex-
cept those printed in part B of the report of the Com-
mittee on Rules. Each further 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 con-
sidered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified 
in the report equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent 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 further amend-
ments are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of 
the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and re-
port 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 in-
structions. 
SEC. 2. In the engrossment of H.R. 4975, the Clerk 
shall— 
(1) add the text of H.R. 513, as passed by the 
House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 4975; 
(2) conform the title of H.R. 4975 to reflect the 
addition of the text of H.R. 513 to the engrossment; 
(3) assign appropriate designations to provi-
sions within the engrossment; and 
(4) conform provisions for short titles within 
the engrossment. 
SEC. 3. After passage of H.R. 4975, it shall be in 
order to take from the Speaker’s table S. 2349 and to 
consider the Senate bill in the House. All points of order 
against consideration of the Senate bill are waived. It shall 
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be in order to move to strike all after the enacting clause 
of the Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof the provi-
sions of H.R. 4975 (as engrossed pursuant to section 2 
of this resolution). All points of order against that motion 
are waived. If the motion is adopted and the Senate bill, 
as amended, is passed, then it shall be in order to move 
that the House insist on its amendment to the Senate bill 
and request a conference with the Senate thereon. 
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