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[H. Res. 981 Reported in House (RH)]







                                                 House Calendar No. 224
109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 981

                          [Report No. 109-642]

 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 503) to amend the Horse 
    Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, 
delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of 
 horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 2006

  Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, 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. 503) to amend the Horse 
    Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, 
delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of 
 horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, 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. 503) to amend the Horse 
Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, 
delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of 
horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, 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 and twenty minutes equally divided and controlled by the Majority 
Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees. After general debate 
the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. 
The bill shall be considered as read. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule 
XVIII, no amendment 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. 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. 224

109th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              H. RES. 981

                          [Report No. 109-642]

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                               RESOLUTION

 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 503) to amend the Horse 
    Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, 
delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of 
 horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and 
                          for other purposes.

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                           September 6, 2006

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed