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House Calendar No. 4

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 43

[Report No. 106–14]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 436) to reduce waste, fraud,

and error in Government programs by making improvements with respect

to Federal management and debt collection practices, Federal payment

systems, Federal benefit programs, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 9, 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. 436) to reduce

waste, fraud, and error in Government programs by making improvements with respect to Federal management

and debt collection practices, Federal payment systems,

Federal benefit programs, 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. 436) to reduce waste, fraud, and
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1 error in Government programs by making improvements

2 with respect to Federal management and debt collection

3 practies, Federal payment systems, Federal benefit pro4 grams, and for other purposes. The first reading of the

5 bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order against consid6 eration of the bill for failure to comply with section 303

7 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. Gen8 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex9 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair10 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

11 Government Reform. After general debate the bill shall be

12 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The

13 bill shall be considered as read. During consideration of

14 the bill for amendment, the chairman of the Committee

15 of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the

16 basis of whether the Member offering an amendment has

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

18 Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule

19 XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as

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

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

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

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

24 minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed

25 question that follows another electronic vote without inter-
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1 vening business, provided that the minimum time for elec2 tronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall

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

4 bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report

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

6 been adopted. The previous question shall be considered

7 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

8 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

9 recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 4

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 43

[Report No. 106–14]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 436)

programs, and for other purposes.tices, Federal payment systems, Federal benefitto Federal management and debt collection pracprograms by making improvements with respectto reduce waste, fraud, and error in Government

FEBRUARY 9, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed