[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H. Res. 565 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 565

   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for 
division of the question on the legislative proposals involved to allow 
                  separate votes on disparate matters.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2007

   Mr. Sali (for himself, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. 
   Pitts, Mr. Goode, Mr. Akin, Mr. Herger, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. 
   Linder, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. 
Lamborn, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Pearce, Mrs. Blackburn, 
Mr. Conaway, Mr. Paul, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. 
 Gingrey, Mr. Fortuno, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Pence, Mrs. Myrick, Mrs. Drake, 
 and Mr. Davis of Kentucky) submitted the following resolution; which 
                 was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for 
division of the question on the legislative proposals involved to allow 
                  separate votes on disparate matters.

    Resolved, That clause 5(a) of rule XVI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)'' and by 
inserting at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(2) In deciding upon the question of division, the division shall 
depend on the legislative propositions involved and not upon 
grammatical structure.''.
    Sec. 2.  Clause 6(c) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (2) and inserting ``; or'' and by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph:
            ``(3) a rule or order that would waive clause 5 of rule 
        XVI.''.
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