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House Calendar No. 119

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 308

[Report No. 106–346]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2559) to amend the Federal

Crop Insurance Act to strengthen the safety net for agricultural producers by providing greater access to more affordable risk management

tools and improved protection from production and income loss, to improve the efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 28, 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. 2559) to amend

the Federal Crop Insurance Act to strengthen the safety

net for agricultural producers by providing greater access

to more affordable risk management tools and improved

protection from production and income loss, to improve

the efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance

program, 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
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1 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee

2 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider3 ation of the bill (H.R. 2559) to amend the Federal Crop

4 Insurance Act to strengthen the safety net for agricultural

5 producers by providing greater access to more affordable

6 risk management tools and improved protection from pro7 duction and income loss, to improve the efficiency and in8 tegrity of the Federal crop insurance program, and for

9 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis10 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of

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

12 the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and

13 controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member

14 of the Committee on Agriculture. After general debate the

15 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five16 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original

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

18 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec19 ommended by the Committee on Agriculture now printed

20 in the bill, modified by the amendments printed in the re21 port of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolu22 tion. That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall

23 be considered by title rather than by section. Each title

24 shall be considered as read. All points of order against

25 that amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived.
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1 No amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub2 stitute shall be in order except those printed in the portion

3 of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose

4 in clause 8 of rule XVIII and except pro forma amend5 ments for the purpose of debate. Each amendment so

6 printed may be offered only by the Member who caused

7 it to be printed or his designee, shall be considered as

8 read, and shall not be subject to a demand for division

9 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the

10 Whole. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may:

11 (1) postpone until a time during further consideration in

12 the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote

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

14 minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed

15 question that follows another electronic vote without inter16 vening business, provided that the minimum time for elec17 tronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall

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

19 bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report

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

21 been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote

22 in the House on any amendment adopted in the Com23 mittee of the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in

24 the nature of a substitute made in order as original text.

25 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on
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1 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without

2 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

3 or without instructions.

House Calendar No. 119

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 308

[Report No. 106–346]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2559)

to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act tostrengthen the safety net for agricultural producers by providing greater access to more affordable risk management tools and improvedprotection from production and income loss, toimprove the efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program, and for other purposes.

SEPTEMBER 28, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed