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House Calendar No. 115

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 299

[Report No. 106–328]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2506) to amend title IX of

the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the Agency for

Health Care Policy and Research.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 22, 1999

Mr. GOSS, 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. 2506) to amend

title IX of the Public Health Service Act to revise and

extend the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.

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. 2506) to amend title IX of the Pub6 lic Health Service Act to revise and extend the Agency

7 for Health Care Policy and Research. The first reading
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1 of the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall

2 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal3 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi4 nority member of the Committee on Commerce. After gen5 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

6 under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider

7 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under

8 the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub9 stitute recommended by the Committee on Commerce now

10 printed in the bill. Each section of the committee amend11 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as

12 read. No amendment to the committee amendment in the

13 nature of a substitute shall be in order except those print14 ed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated

15 for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII and except pro

16 forma amendments for the purpose of debate. Each

17 amendment so printed may be offered only by the Member

18 who caused it to be printed or his designee and shall be

19 considered as read. The Chairman of the Committee of

20 the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further

21 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

22 a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

23 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

24 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

25 without intervening business, provided that the minimum
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1 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques2 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider3 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

4 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

5 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a

6 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

7 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com8 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre9 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill

10 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter11 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or

12 without instructions.
House Calendar No. 115

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 299

[Report No. 106–328]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2506)

to amend title IX of the Public Health ServiceAct to revise and extend the Agency for HealthCare Policy and Research.

SEPTEMBER 22, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed