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[H. Res. 470 Reported in House (RH)]







                                                  House Calendar No. 98
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 470

                          [Report No. 109-240]

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3824) to amend and 
   reauthorize the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide greater 
    results conserving and recovering listed species, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2005

 Mr. Hastings of Washington, 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. 3824) to amend and 
   reauthorize the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide greater 
    results conserving and recovering listed species, 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. 3824) to amend and 
reauthorize the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide greater 
results conserving and recovering listed species, 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 ninety 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Resources. After general debate the 
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In 
lieu of the amendment recommended by the Committee on Resources now 
printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original 
bill an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 
of the Resources Committee Print dated September 26, 2005. That 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 
All points of order against that committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute are waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 
amendment to that 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 
amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order as original text. 
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. 98

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 470

                          [Report No. 109-240]

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                               RESOLUTION

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3824) to amend and 
   reauthorize the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide greater 
    results conserving and recovering listed species, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                           September 28, 2005

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed