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House Calendar No. 152
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 552
[Report No. 108–435] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 339) to prevent frivolous lawsuits 
against the manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic 
beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory 
requirements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2004
Mr. SESSIONS, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 339) to prevent 
frivolous lawsuits against the manufacturers, distribu-
tors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products 
that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory re-
quirements.
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. 339) to prevent frivolous lawsuits
HRES 552 RH 
against the manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food 
or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with appli-
cable statutory and regulatory requirements. The first 
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate 
shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. 
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 
the Judiciary now printed in the bill. The committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid-
ered as read. All points of order against the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No 
amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 
the portion of the Congressional Record designated for 
that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII and except pro 
forma amendments for the purpose of debate. Each 
amendment so printed may be offered only by the Member 
who caused it to be printed or his designee and shall be 
considered as read. At the conclusion of consideration of 
the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and re-
HRES 552 RH 
port 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 amendment adopted in the Com-
mittee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute. 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.
House Calendar No. 152
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 552
[Report No. 108–435] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 339) 
to prevent frivolous lawsuits against the manu-
facturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-
alcoholic beverage products that comply with ap-
plicable statutory and regulatory requirements. 
MARCH 9, 2004
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed