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House Calendar No. 98

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 271

[Report No. 106–280]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 987) to require the Secretary

of Labor to wait for completion of a National Academy of Sciences

study before promulgating a standard or guideline on ergonomics.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 2, 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. 987) to require

the Secretary of Labor to wait for completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before promulgating

a standard or guideline on ergonomics.

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. 987) to require the Secretary of

6 Labor to wait for completion of a National Academy of
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HRES 271 RH

1 Sciences study before promulgating a standard or guide2 line on ergonomics. The first reading of the bill shall be

3 dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the

4 bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con5 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

6 the Committee on Education and the Workforce. After

7 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

8 under the five-minute rule for a period not to exceed two

9 hours. The bill shall be considered as read. During consid10 eration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the

11 Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition

12 on the basis of whether the Member offering an amend13 ment has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Con14 gressional Record designated for that purpose in clause

15 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be consid16 ered as read. The Chairman of the Committee of the

17 Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further con18 sideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

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

20 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

21 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

22 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

23 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques24 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider25 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise
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1 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

2 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall

3 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

4 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

5 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 98

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 271

[Report No. 106–280]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 987)

line on ergonomics.study before promulgating a standard or guidecompletion of a National Academy of Sciencesto require the Secretary of Labor to wait for

AUGUST 2, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed