[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 819 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 819

   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

                            October 8, 2009

Mr. Posey 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 inserting ``, or a rule or order that 
would waive clause 5 of rule XVI'' before the period.
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