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House Calendar No. 88

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 250

[Report No. 106–236]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 434) to authorize a new trade

and investment policy for sub-Sahara Africa.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 16 (legislative day, JULY 15), 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. 434) to authorize a new trade and investment policy for sub-Sahara

Africa.

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. 434) to authorize a new trade and

6 investment policy for sub-Sahara Africa. The first reading

7 of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order
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1 against consideration of the bill are waived. General de2 bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed nine3 ty minutes, with forty-five minutes equally divided and

4 controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member

5 of the Committee on International Relations and forty-five

6 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman

7 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways

8 and Means. After general debate the bill shall be consid9 ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu

10 of the amendments recommended by the Committees on

11 International Relations and Ways and Means now printed

12 in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original

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

14 rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting

15 of the text of H.R. 2489. All points of order against that

16 amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No

17 amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub18 stitute shall be in order except those printed in the report

19 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution.

20 Each amendment may be offered only in the order printed

21 in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated

22 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat23 able for the time specified in the report equally divided

24 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall

25 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to
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1 a demand for division of the question in the House or in

2 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against

3 the amendments printed in the report are waived. The

4 chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post5 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com6 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

7 amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum

8 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

9 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi10 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

11 on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.

12 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend13 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

14 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

15 Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House

16 on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

17 to the bill or to the amendment in the nature of a sub18 stitute made in order as original text. The previous ques19 tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amend20 ments thereto to final passage without intervening motion

21 except one motion to recommit with or without instruc22 tions.
House Calendar No. 88

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 250

[Report No. 106–236]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 434)

for sub-Sahara Africa.to authorize a new trade and investment policy

JULY 16 (legislative day, JULY 15), 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed