[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 610 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  House Calendar No. 85
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 610

                          [Report No. 111-192]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to amend the Small 
  Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research 
  Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 7, 2009

   Mr. Polis of Colorado, 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. 2965) to amend the Small 
  Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research 
  Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, 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. 2965) to amend the Small 
Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research 
Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, 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 except 
those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate shall be 
confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour, with 40 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Small Business and 20 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Science and Technology. 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 Science and Technology now 
printed in the bill, 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 
Small Business 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 except those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI. 
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. The proponent of any such amendment may 
modify its amendatory instructions before the question is put thereon. 
All points of order against such amendments are waived except those 
arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 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.
    Sec. 2.  The Chair may entertain a motion that the Committee rise 
only if offered by the chair of the Committee on Small Business or her 
designee. The Chair may not entertain a motion to strike out the 
enacting words of the bill (as described in clause 9 of rule XVIII).
    Sec. 3.  During consideration of H.R. 2965, the Chair may reduce to 
two minutes the minimum time for electronic voting under clause 6 of 
rule XVIII and clauses 8 and 9 of rule XX.
                                                  House Calendar No. 85

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 610

                          [Report No. 111-192]

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                               RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to amend the Small 
  Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research 
  Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                              July 7, 2009

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed