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[H. Res. 508 Reported in House (RH)]







                                                 House Calendar No. 104
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 508

                          [Report No. 109-253]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 420) to amend Rule 11 of 
       the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney 
                accountability, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 25, 2005

   Mr. Gingrey, 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. 420) to amend Rule 11 of 
       the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney 
                accountability, 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. 420) to amend Rule 11 of 
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney 
accountability, 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 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 amendment under the five-minute rule the 
amendment in the nature 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 considered as read. 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. 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. 104

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 508

                          [Report No. 109-253]

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                               RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 420) to amend Rule 11 of 
       the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney 
                accountability, and for other purposes.

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                            October 25, 2005

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed