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House Calendar No. 53

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 166

[Report No. 106–134]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 775) to establish certain procedures for civil actions brought for damages relating to the failure of

any device or system to process or otherwise deal with the transition

from the year 1999 to the year 2000, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 11, 1999

Mr. DREIER, 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. 775) to establish

certain procedures for civil actions brought for damages

relating to the failure of any device or system to process

or otherwise deal with the transition from the year 1999

to the year 2000, 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

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 775) to establish certain procedures
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1 for civil actions brought for damages relating to the failure

2 of any device or system to process or otherwise deal with

3 the transition from the year 1999 to the year 2000, and

4 for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be

5 dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the

6 bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con7 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

8 the Committee on the Judiciary. After general debate the

9 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five10 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original

11 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute

12 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec13 ommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed

14 in the bill, modified by the amendments printed in part

15 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying

16 this resolution. That amendment in the nature of a sub17 stitute shall be considered as read. No amendment to that

18 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order

19 except those printed in part 2 of the report of the Com20 mittee on Rules. Each amendment may be offered only

21 in the order printed in the report, may be offered only

22 by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered

23 as read, shall be debatable for the first time specified in

24 the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent

25 and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment ex-
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1 cept as specified in the report, and shall not be subject

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

3 in the Committee of the Whole. The chairman of the Com4 mittee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

5 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re6 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re7 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot8 ing on any postponed question that follow another elec9 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

10 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se11 ries of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion

12 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

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

14 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may

15 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment

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

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

18 as original text. The previous question shall be considered

19 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

20 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

21 recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 53

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 166

[Report No. 106–134]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 775)

year 2000, and for other purposes.with the transition from the year 1999 to theany device or system to process or otherwise dealbrought for damages relating to the failure ofto establish certain procedures for civil actions

MAY 11, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed