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[H. Res. 269 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                  House Calendar No. 37
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 269

                          [Report No. 109-77]

 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1544) to provide faster 
   and smarter funding for first responders, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2005

   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. 1544) to provide faster 
   and smarter funding for first responders, 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. 1544) to provide faster 
and smarter funding for first responders, 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 Homeland Security. 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 Homeland Security now printed in the 
bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against the committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute are waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of 
rule XVIII, no amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of 
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. 37

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 269

                          [Report No. 109-77]

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                               RESOLUTION

 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1544) to provide faster 
   and smarter funding for first responders, and for other purposes.

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                              May 10, 2005

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed