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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 240

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1660) to amend the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the construction

and renovation of public schools and to provide tax incentives for corporations to participate in cooperative agreements with public schools in

distressed areas.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 1, 1999

Mr. RANGEL submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on Rules

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1660) to amend

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools

and to provide tax incentives for corporations to participate in cooperative agreements with public schools in

distressed areas.

1 Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this

2 resolution, the House of Representatives shall without

3 intervention of any point of order resolve into the Com4 mittee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for

5 consideration of the bill (H.R. 1660) to amend the Inter6 nal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for
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1 the construction and renovation of public schools and to

2 provide tax incentives for corporations to participate in co3 operative agreements with public schools in distressed

4 areas. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

5 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not

6 exceed 90 minutes, with 60 minutes to be equally divided

7 and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority

8 member of the Committee on Ways and Means and 30

9 minutes to be equally divided and controlled by the chair10 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

11 Education and the Workforce. After general debate the

12 bill shall be considered for amendment under the 5-minute

13 rule and shall be considered as read. No amendment to

14 the bill shall be in order except those relating to the alloca15 tion of the volume limitation on the tax-subsidized financ16 ing made available in the bill. The Chairman of the Com17 mittee of the Whole may—

18 (1) postpone until a time during further consid19 eration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

20 a recorded vote on any amendment; and

21 (2) reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for

22 electronic voting on any postponed question that fol23 lows another electronic vote without intervening

24 business: Provided, That the minimum time for elec25 tronic voting on the first in any series of questions
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1 shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider2 ation of the bill for amendment, the Committee shall

3 rise and report the bill to the House of Representa4 tives with such amendments as may have been

5 adopted. The previous question shall be considered

6 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to

7 final passage without intervening motion, except 1

8 motion to recommit with or without instructions.

9 SEC. 2. FAILURE OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO REACH

10 RESOLUTION ON BILL.

11 If the Committee of the Whole rises and reports that

12 it has come to no resolution on the bill, then on the next

13 legislative day the House of Representatives shall, imme14 diately after the third daily order of business under clause

15 1 of rule XIV, resolve into the Committee of the Whole

16 for further consideration of the bill.

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