[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[H. Res. 725 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 House Calendar No. 207
108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 725

                          [Report No. 108-616]

  Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3574) to require the 
mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2004

   Mr. Sessions, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3574) to require the 
mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers, 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 consideration of the bill (H.R. 3574) to require the 
mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers, and 
for other purposes. 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 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority 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 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the 
nature 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 considered as read. 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 conclusion 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 
amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the 
committee amendment 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. 207

108th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              H. RES. 725

                          [Report No. 108-616]

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                               RESOLUTION

  Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3574) to require the 
mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers, and 
                          for other purposes.

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                             July 19, 2004

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed