06/22/11 9:32 PM
The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on June 23, 2011.
On motion to adjourn Agreed to by voice vote.
Mr. Burton (IN) moved that the House do now adjourn.
06/22/11 9:20 PM
SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches.
06/22/11 9:20 PM
H.R. 1249:
to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform
06/22/11 9:18 PM
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 1249 as unfinished business.
On committee of the whole to the whole House. If the motion to rise is adopted, then debate and legislative proceedings advance before the whole House.">motion to rise Agreed to by voice vote.
Mr. Smith (TX) moved to rise.
06/22/11 9:17 PM
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Smith (TX) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Smith (TX) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
06/22/11 9:06 PM
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provsions of H. Res. 316, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Smith (TX) amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Smith (TX).
06/22/11 9:06 PM
An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 112-111 to make technical edits and a few necessary changes to more substantive issues, such as prior user rights and an additional oversight requirement for the PTO.
06/22/11 7:55 PM
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1249.
06/22/11 7:33 PM
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with twenty minutes of debate on the question of constitutionality of the measure.
06/22/11 7:32 PM
The Speaker designated the Honorable Tom Graves to act as Chairman of the Committee.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 316 and Rule XVIII.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2021 and H.R. 1249. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measures will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate for H.R. 2021 and 80 minutes of general debate for H.R. 1249. The resolution also provides that for H.R. 1249, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 316.
