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House Calendar No. 130

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 329

[Report No. 106–381]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2679) to amend title 49, United

States Code, to establish the National Motor Carrier Administration

in the Department of Transportation, to improve the safety of commercial

motor vehicle operators and carriers, to strengthen commercial driver’s

licenses, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 13, 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. 2679) to amend

title 49, United States Code, to establish the National

Motor Carrier Administration in the Department of

Transportation, to improve the safety of commercial

motor vehicle operators and carriers, to strengthen commercial driver’s licenses, 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
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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 2679) to amend title 49, United

3 States Code, to establish the National Motor Carrier Ad4 ministration in the Department of Transportation, to im5 prove the safety of commercial motor vehicle operators and

6 carriers, to strengthen commercial driver’s licenses, and

7 for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be

8 dispensed with. All points of order against the bill and

9 against its consideration are waived. General debate shall

10 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal11 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi12 nority member of the Committee on Transportation and

13 Infrastructure. After general debate the bill shall be con14 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The

15 amendment printed in part A of the report of the Com16 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be con17 sidered as adopted in the House and in the Committee

18 of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered

19 by title rather than by section. Each title shall be consid20 ered as read. Before consideration of any other amend21 ment it shall be in order to consider the amendment print22 ed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules,

23 if offered by a Member designated in the report. That

24 amendment shall be considered as read, may amend por25 tions of the bill not yet read for amendment, and shall
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1 not be subject to a demand for division of the question

2 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. Points

3 of order against that amendment for failure to comply

4 with clause 7 of rule XVI are waived. During consider5 ation of the bill for further amendment, the Chairman of

6 the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec7 ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an

8 amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of

9 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in

10 clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be

11 considered as read. The Chairman of the Committee of

12 the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further

13 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

14 a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

15 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

16 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

17 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

18 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques19 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider20 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

21 and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such

22 further amendments as may have been adopted. The pre23 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill,

24 as amended, and any further amendment thereto to final
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1 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

2 recommit with or without instructions.

House Calendar No. 130

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 329

[Report No. 106–381]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2679)

to amend title 49, United States Code, to establish the National Motor Carrier Administrationin the Department of Transportation, to improvethe safety of commercial motor vehicle operatorsand carriers, to strengthen commercial driver’s licenses, and for other purposes.

OCTOBER 13, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed