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House Calendar No. 41

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 145

[Report No. 106–103]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 999) to amend the Federal

Water Pollution Control Act to improve the quality of coastal recreation

waters, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 21, 1999

Mr. REYNOLDS, 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. 999) to amend

the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve the

quality of coastal recreation waters, 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. 999) to amend the Federal Water

6 Pollution Control Act to improve the quality of coastal
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1 recreation waters, and for other purposes. The first read2 ing of the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall

3 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal4 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi5 nority member of the Committee on Transportation and

6 Infrastructure. After general debate the bill shall be con7 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall

8 be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose

9 of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment

10 in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Com11 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed

12 in the bill. Each section of the committee amendment in

13 the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. Be14 fore consideration of any other amendment it shall be in

15 order to consider the amendment printed in the report of

16 the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, if

17 offered by Representative Shuster or his designee. That

18 amendment shall be considered as read, may amend por19 tions of the bill not yet read for amendment, shall be de20 batable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by

21 the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to

22 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi23 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee

24 of the Whole. After disposition of that amendment, the

25 provisions of the bill as then perfected shall be considered
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1 as original text for the purpose of further amendment

2 under the five-minute rule. During further consideration

3 of the bill for amendment, the chairman of the Committee

4 of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the

5 basis of whether the Member offering an amendment has

6 caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional

7 Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule

8 XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as

9 read. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may:

10 (1) postpone until a time during further consideration in

11 the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote

12 on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the

13 minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed

14 question that follows another electronic vote without inter15 vening business, provided that the minimum time for elec16 tronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall

17 be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consideration of the

18 bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report

19 the bill to the House with such amendments as may have

20 been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote

21 in the House on any amendment adopted in the Com22 mittee of the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in

23 the nature of a substitute made in order as original text.

24 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

25 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without
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1 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

2 or without instructions.

House Calendar No. 41

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 145

[Report No. 106–103]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 999)

waters, and for other purposes.Act to improve the quality of coastal recreationto amend the Federal Water Pollution Control

APRIL 21, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed