[House Report 109-222]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



109th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    109-222

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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 889, COAST GUARD AND MARITIME 
                       TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 2005

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 September 14, 2005.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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   Mrs. Capito, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 440]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 440, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 889, 
the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2005, under 
a modified open rule. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure now printed in the bill shall be considered 
as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. The rule 
waives all points of order against the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. The rule provides that the bill 
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule 
and that it shall be read by title.
    The rule makes in order only those amendments to the bill 
that are pre-printed in the Congressional Record or are pro 
forma amendments for the purpose of debate. The rule provides 
that each amendment printed in the Congressional Record may be 
offered only by the Member who caused it to be printed or a 
designee, and that each amendment shall be considered as read. 
The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
    Finally, the rule allows the Speaker to entertain a motion 
to suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3768 on the 
legislative day of Thursday, September 15, 2005.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The Committee is not aware of any points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The waiver of all points of against 
consideration of the bill is prophylactic in nature.

                                  
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