Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to remove the authority of the Committee on Rules to waive clause 5 of rule XVI or clause 9 of rule XXII.

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Amends Rule XIII (Calendars and Committee Reports) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the Committee on Rules from reporting a rule or an order that would waive: (1) clause 5 of Rule XVI (Motions and Amendments) regarding divisibility or nondivisibility of a question, motion, or resolution in specified circumstances on the demand of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner; or (2) clause 9 of rule XXII (House and Senate Relations) regarding the germaneness of modifications proposed by the managers on the part of the House to amendments committed in disagreement to a conference committee.

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  Introduced in House · EN · 20 January 2010

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