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House Calendar No. 155

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 366

[Report No. 106–462]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1714) to facilitate the use

of electronic records and signatures in interstate or foreign commerce.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 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. 1714) to facilitate the use of electronic records and signatures in interstate or foreign commerce.

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. 1714) to facilitate the use of elec6 tronic records and signatures in interstate or foreign com7 merce. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.
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1 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not

2 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the

3 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

4 on Commerce. After general debate the bill shall be consid5 ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu

6 of the amendments recommended by the Committees on

7 Commerce and the Judiciary now printed in the bill, it

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

9 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an

10 amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in the

11 Congressional Record and numbered 1. That amendment

12 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read.

13 No amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub14 stitute shall be in order except those printed in the report

15 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution.

16 Each amendment may be offered only in the order printed

17 in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated

18 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat19 able for the time specified in the report equally divided

20 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall

21 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to

22 a demand for division of the question in the House or in

23 the Committee of the Whole. The Chairman of the Com24 mittee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

25 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re-
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1 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re2 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot3 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec4 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

5 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se6 ries of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion

7 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

8 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such

9 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may

10 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment

11 adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to

12 the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order

13 as original text. The previous question shall be considered

14 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

15 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

16 recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 155

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 366

[Report No. 106–462]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1714)

to facilitate the use of electronic records and signatures in interstate or foreign commerce.

NOVEMBER 8, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed