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House Calendar No. 106

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 283

[Report No. 106–311]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 417) to amend the Federal

Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns

for elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 8, 1999

Mr. DREIER, 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. 417) to amend

the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform

the financing of campaigns for elections for Federal office, 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. 417) to amend the Federal Election

6 Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of cam-
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1 paigns for elections for Federal office, and for other pur2 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

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

4 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the

5 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

6 on House Administration. After general debate the bill

7 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute

8 rule. The bill shall be considered as read. No amendment

9 to the bill shall be in order except those printed in the

10 report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this reso11 lution. Each amendment may be offered only in the order

12 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member

13 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall

14 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally

15 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent,

16 and shall not be subject to amendment. All points of order

17 against the amendments printed in the report are waived

18 except that the adoption of an amendment in the nature

19 of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion of consider20 ation of the bill for amendment. The Chairman of the

21 Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time

22 during further consideration in the Committee of the

23 Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment;

24 and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec25 tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an-
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1 other electronic vote without intervening business, pro2 vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the

3 first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. At

4 the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment

5 the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House

6 with such amendments as may have been adopted. The

7 previous question shall be considered as ordered on the

8 bill and amendments thereto to final passage without in9 tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or

10 without instructions.
House Calendar No. 106

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 283

[Report No. 106–311]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 417)

poses.elections for Federal office, and for other pur1971 to reform the financing of campaigns forto amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of

SEPTEMBER 8, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed