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House Calendar No. 34

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 136

[Report No. 106–85]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1143) to establish a program

to provide assistance for programs of credit and other financial services

for microenterprises in developing countries, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 12, 1999

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, 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. 1143) to establish a program to provide assistance for programs of

credit and other financial services for microenterprises

in developing countries, 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. 1143) to establish a program to
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1 provide assistance for programs of credit and other finan2 cial services for microenterprises in developing countries,

3 and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall

4 be dispensed with. Points of order against consideration

5 of the bill for failure to comply with clause 4(a) of rule

6 XIII are waived. General debate shall be confined to the

7 bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con8 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

9 the Committee on International Relations. After general

10 debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under

11 the five-minute rule. Each section of the bill shall be con12 sidered as read. During consideration of the bill for

13 amendment, the chairman of the Committee of the Whole

14 may accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether

15 the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be

16 printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des17 ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amend18 ments so printed shall be considered as read. The chair19 man of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone

20 until a time during further consideration in the Committee

21 of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amend22 ment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time

23 for electronic voting on any postponed question that fol24 lows another electronic vote without intervening business,

25 provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on
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1 the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.

2 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend3 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

4 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

5 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

6 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without

7 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

8 or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 34

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 136

[Report No. 106–85]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1143)

for other purposes.for microenterprises in developing countries, andprograms of credit and other financial servicesto establish a program to provide assistance for

APRIL 12, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed