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Version 81 · Passed House without amendment · Jul 12, 2005
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Sets forth the rule for consideration of: (1) H.R. 739 (Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2005); (2) H.R. 740 (Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2005); (3) H.R. 741 (Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2005); and (4) H.R. 742 (Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 2005).
Requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in the engrossment of H.R. 739, to: (1) await the disposition of H.R. 740, H.R. 741, and H.R. 742; (2) add their respective texts, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 739; (3) conform the title of H.R. 739 to reflect such addition; (4) assign appropriate designations to provisions within the engrossment; and (5) conform provisions for short titles within the engrossment.
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Provides that: (1) upon the addition of the text of such bills that have passed the House to the engrossment of H.R. 739, they shall be laid on the table; and (2) if H.R. 739 is disposed of without reaching the engrossment stage, the bill in this Act that first passes the House shall be treated in the same specified manner as H.R. 739 and all other bills in this Act that have passed the House shall be laid on the table.
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Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] · R–UT
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 224 - 189 (Roll no. 366). (text: CR H5661)
House roll call 366 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 224 - 189 (Roll no. 366).(text: CR H5661)
House roll call 366 · Individual votesOn ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 223 - 191 (Roll no. 365). (consideration: CR H5674-5675; text: CR H5674)
House roll call 365 · Individual votesDEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 351.
Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H5661-5676)
Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 60.
The rule provides for separate consideration in the House of H.R. 739, H.R. 740, H.R. 741 and H.R. 742. The rule provides one hour of general debate for each bill, equally divided and controlled. The amendments in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in H.R. 740 and H.R. 741, shall be considered as adopted. In the engrossment of H.R. 739, the Clerk shall add the texts of H.R. 740, H.R. 741, and H.R. 742, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 739, and then lay on the table H.R. 740, H.R. 741, and H.R. 742. If H.R. 739 is disposed of without reaching the stage of engrossment, then whichever of the 3 remaining bills first passes the House shall be treated in the manner specified for H.R. 739 and all other bills which have passed the House shall be laid on the table.
The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-163, by Mr. Bishop (UT).
The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-163, by Mr. Bishop (UT).
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