[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H. Res. 875 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 House Calendar No. 124
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 875

                          [Report No. 111-317]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3854) to amend the Small 
 Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve 
  programs providing access to capital under such Acts, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 2009

    Ms. Pingree of Maine, 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. 3854) to amend the Small 
 Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve 
  programs providing access to capital under such Acts, 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. 3854) to amend the Small 
Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve 
programs providing access to capital under such Acts, 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 equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Small Business. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. The amendment printed in part A 
of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution 
shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the 
Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill 
for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and 
shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in 
the bill, as amended, are waived. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule 
XVIII, no further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order 
except the amendments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 
on Rules. 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. 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, as amended, to 
the House with such further amendments as may have been adopted. In the 
case of sundry further amendments reported from the Committee, the 
question of their adoption shall be put to the House en gros and 
without division of the question. 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.  It shall be in order at any time through the legislative 
day of October 30, 2009, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the 
House suspend the rules relating to a measure addressing unemployment 
compensation.
                                                 House Calendar No. 124

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 875

                          [Report No. 111-317]

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                               RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3854) to amend the Small 
 Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve 
  programs providing access to capital under such Acts, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                            October 28, 2009

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed