[House Calendars, Final - 108th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


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                            3. PRIVATE CALENDAR

  Rule XIII, clause 1(a):


  ``(3) A Private Calendar as provided in clause 5 of rule XV, to 
 which shall be referred all private bills and private resolutions.''


  Rule XV, clause 5:


  ``5. (a) On the first Tuesday of a month, the Speaker shall direct 
the Clerk to call the bills and resolutions on the Private Calendar 
after disposal of such business on the Speaker's table as requires 
reference only. If two or more Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
 Commissioner object to the consideration of a bill or resolution 
so called, it shall be recommitted to the committee that reported it. 
No other business shall be in order before completion of the call  
of the Private Calendar on this day unless two-thirds of the Members 
voting, a quorum being present, agree to a motion that the House 
dispense with the call.

 ``(b)(1) On the third Tuesday of  month, after the disposal of such 
business on the Speaker's table as requires reference only, the 
Speaker may direct the Clerk to call the bills and resolutions on 
the Private Calendar. Preference shall be given to omnibus bills 
containing the texts of bills or resolutions that have previously 
been objected to on a call of the Private Calendar. If two or more 
Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner object to the 
consideration of a bill or resolution so called (other than on 
omnibus bill), it shall be recommitted to the committee that reported 
it. Two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present, may 
adopt a motion that the House dispense with the call on this day.

 ``(2) Omnibus bills shall be read for amendment by paragraph. No 
amendment shall be in order except to strike or to reduce amounts of 
money or to provide limitations. An item or matter stricken from an 
omnibus bill may not thereafter during the same session of Congress 
be included in an omnibus bill.

  Upon passage such an omnibus bill shall be resolved into the 
several bills and  resolutions of which it is composed. The several 
bills and resolutions, with any amendments adopted by the House, 
shall be engrossed, when necessary, and  otherwise considered as 
passed severally by the House as distinct bills and resolutions.

 ``(c) The Speaker may not entertain a reservation of the right to 
object to the consideration of a bill or resolution under this clause. 
A bill or resolution considered under this clause shall be considered 
in the House as in the Committee of the Whole. A motion to dispense 
with the call of the Private Calendar under this clause shall be 
privileged. Debate on such a motion shall be limited to five minutes 
in support and five minutes in opposition.''



                  PRIVATECALENDAR


     2004

   H.R. 710     Mr. Sensenbrenner         For the relief of Mrs.       6
    Nov. 17         (Judiciary).              Florence Narusewicz 
                    Rept. 108-776             of Erie, 
                                              Pennsylvania.
  
        
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