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House Calendar No. 92

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 258

[Report No. 106–248]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1074) to provide Governmentwide accounting of regulatory costs and benefits, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 21, 1999

Mr. SESSIONS, 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. 1074) to provide

Government-wide accounting of regulatory costs and benefits, 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. 1074) to provide Government-wide

6 accounting of regulatory costs and benefits, and for other

7 purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed
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1 with. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall

2 not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the

3 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

4 on Government Reform. After general debate the bill shall

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

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

7 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the

8 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by

9 the Committee on Government Reform now printed in the

10 bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a sub11 stitute shall be considered as read. No amendment to the

12 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall

13 be in order except those printed in the portion of the Con14 gressional Record designated for that purpose in clause

15 8 of rule XVIII and except pro forma amendments for

16 the purpose of debate. Each amendment so printed may

17 be offered only by the Member who caused it to be printed

18 or his designee and shall be considered as read. The chair19 man of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone

20 until a time during further consideration in the Committee

21 of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amend22 ment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time

23 for electronic voting on any postponed question that fol24 lows another electronic vote without intervening business,

25 provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on
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1 the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.

2 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend3 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

4 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

5 Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House

6 on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

7 to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature

8 of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered

9 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

10 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

11 recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 92

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 258

[Report No. 106–248]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1074)

latory costs and benefits, and for other purposes.to provide Government-wide accounting of reguJULY 21, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed