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House Calendar No. 2

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 36

[Report No. 106–6]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 350) to improve congressional

deliberation on proposed Federal private sector mandates, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 3, 1999

Mr. LINDER, 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. 350) to improve

congressional deliberation on proposed Federal private

sector mandates, 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. 350) to improve congressional delib6 eration on proposed Federal private sector mandates, and

7 for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be
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1 dispensed with. Points of order against consideration of

2 the bill for failure to comply with clause 4(a) of rule XIII

3 or section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

4 are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill

5 and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con6 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

7 the Committee on Rules. After general debate the bill shall

8 be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

9 It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the

10 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the

11 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by

12 the Committee on Rules now printed in the bill. Each sec13 tion of the committee amendment in the nature of a sub14 stitute shall be considered as read. Points of order against

15 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute

16 for failure to comply with section 306 of the Congressional

17 Budget Act of 1974 are waived. During consideration of

18 the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the Committee

19 of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the

20 basis of whether the Member offering an amendment has

21 caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional

22 Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule

23 XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as

24 read. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may:

25 (1) postpone until a time during further consideration in
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1 the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote

2 on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the

3 minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed

4 question that follows another electronic vote without inter5 vening business, provided that the minimum time for elec6 tronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall

7 be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consideration of the

8 bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report

9 the bill to the House with such amendments as may have

10 been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote

11 in the House on any amendment adopted in the Commit12 tee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amend13 ment in the nature of a substitute. The previous question

14 shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

15 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

16 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

House Calendar No. 2

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 36

[Report No. 106–6]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 350)

purposes.Federal private sector mandates, and for otherto improve congressional deliberation on proposed

FEBRUARY 3, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed