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[H. Res. 319 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                  House Calendar No. 51
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 319

                          [Report No. 109-132]

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2745) to reform the 
                United Nations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2005

Mr. Bishop of Utah, 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. 2745) to reform the 
                United Nations, 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. 2745) to reform the 
United Nations, 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 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on International 
Relations. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule.
    Sec. 2. (a) 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 
International Relations 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.
    (b) 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 and amendments en bloc described in 
section 3 of this resolution.
    (c) Each amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
shall be considered 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.
    (d) All points of order against amendments printed in the report of 
the Committee on Rules or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of 
this resolution are waived.
    (e)(1) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart A of part 1 
of the report of the Committee on Rules shall begin with an additional 
period of general debate, which shall be confined to the subject of 
accountability of the United Nations and shall not exceed 20 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on International Relations.
    (2) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart B of part 1 of 
the report of the Committee on Rules shall begin with an additional 
period of general debate, which shall be confined to the subject of 
United Nations peacekeeping operations and shall not exceed 10 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on International Relations.
    (3) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart C of part 1 of 
the report of the Committee on Rules shall begin with an additional 
period of general debate, which shall be confined to the subject of the 
International Atomic Energy Agency and shall not exceed 10 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on International Relations.
    (4) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart D of part 1 of 
the report of the Committee on Rules shall begin with an additional 
period of general debate, which shall be confined to the subject of 
human rights and shall not exceed 20 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on International Relations.
    (5) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart E of part 1 of 
the report of the Committee on Rules shall begin with an additional 
period of general debate, which shall be confined to the subject of the 
Oil-for-Food Program and shall not exceed 20 minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on International Relations.
    Sec. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman of the 
Committee on International Relations or his designee to offer 
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in part 2 of the 
report of the Committee on Rules not earlier disposed of or germane 
modifications of any such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered 
pursuant to this section shall be considered as read (except that 
modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for 20 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on International Relations or their designees, 
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. For the purpose of inclusion in such amendments en bloc, an 
amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may be modified to 
the form of a germane perfecting amendment to the text originally 
proposed to be stricken. The original proponent of an amendment 
included in such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the 
Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of the 
amendments en bloc.
    Sec. 4. 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. 51

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 319

                          [Report No. 109-132]

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                               RESOLUTION

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2745) to reform the 
                United Nations, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 15, 2005

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed