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House Calendar No. 278

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 582

[Report No. 106–867]

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4945) to amend the Small

Business Act to strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 19, 2000

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 the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4945) to

amend the Small Business Act to strengthen existing

protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process, 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. 4945) to amend the Small Business
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1 Act to strengthen existing protections for small business

2 participation in the Federal procurement contracting proc3 ess, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill

4 shall be dispensed with. Points of order against consider5 ation of the bill for failure to comply with clause 4(a) of

6 rule XIII are waived. General debate shall be confined to

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

8 controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member

9 of the Committee on Small Business. After general debate

10 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five11 minute rule. The bill shall be considered as read. During

12 consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of

13 the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec14 ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an

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

16 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in

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

18 considered as read. The Chairman of the Committee of

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

20 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

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

22 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

23 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

24 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

25 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
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1 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider2 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

3 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

4 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall

5 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

6 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

7 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 278

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 582

[Report No. 106–867]

RESOLUTION

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

4945) to amend the Small Business Act tostrengthen existing protections for small businessparticipation in the Federal procurement contracting process, and for other purposes.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed