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House Calendar No. 50

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 154

[Report No. 106–120]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1480) to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the

United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct various projects

for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 28, 1999

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered

to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1480) to provide

for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the United States Army

Corps of Engineers to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States,

and for other purposes.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of

3 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee
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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 1480) to provide for the conserva3 tion and development of water and related resources, to

4 authorize the United States Army Corps of Engineers to

5 construct various projects for improvements to rivers and

6 harbors of the United States, and for other purposes. The

7 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. General

8 debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed

9 one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman

10 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Trans11 portation and Infrastructure. After general debate the bill

12 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute

13 rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill

14 for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule

15 the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended

16 by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

17 now printed in the bill, modified by the amendments print18 ed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules ac19 companying this resolution. That amendment in the na20 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points

21 of order against that amendment in the nature of a sub22 stitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in

23 the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those

24 printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules.

25 Each amendment may be offered only in the order printed
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1 in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated

2 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat3 able for the time specified in the report equally divided

4 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall

5 not be subject to an amendment, and shall not be subject

6 to a demand for division of the question in the House or

7 in the Committee of the Whole. The chairman of the Com8 mittee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

9 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re10 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re11 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot12 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec13 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

14 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se15 ries of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion

16 of consideration of the bill for amendments the Committee

17 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such

18 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may

19 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment

20 adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to

21 the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order

22 as original text. The previous question shall be considered

23 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

24 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

25 recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 50

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 154

[Report No. 106–120]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1480)

purposes.and harbors of the United States, and for otherstruct various projects for improvements to riversUnited States Army Corps of Engineers to conof water and related resources, to authorize theto provide for the conservation and development

APRIL 28, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed