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House Calendar No. 209 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 906 
[Report No. 109–550] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2990) to improve ratings quality 
by fostering competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit 
rating agency industry. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 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. 2990) to im-
prove ratings quality by fostering competition, trans-
parency, and accountability in the credit rating agency 
industry. 
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. 2990) to improve ratings quality 
by fostering competition, transparency, and accountability 
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in the credit rating agency industry. 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 equal-
ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Financial Services. 
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 amend-
ment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Financial Services 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 
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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. 
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House Calendar No. 209 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 906 
[Report No. 109–550] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2990) 
to improve ratings quality by fostering competi-
tion, transparency, and accountability in the 
credit rating agency industry. 
JULY 10, 2006 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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