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House Calendar No. 39

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 142

[Report No. 106–101]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1184) to authorize appropriations

for carrying out the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for

fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 20, 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. 1184) to authorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 2000 and

2001, 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. 1184) to authorize appropriations

6 for carrying out the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act
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1 of 1977 for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for other pur2 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

3 Points of order against consideration of the bill for failure

4 to comply with clause 4(a) of rule XIII are waived. Gen5 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex6 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair7 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

8 Science. After general debate the bill shall be considered

9 for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in

10 order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of

11 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in

12 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee

13 on Science now printed in the bill. Each section of the

14 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall

15 be considered as read. During consideration of the bill for

16 amendment, the chairman of the Committee of the Whole

17 may accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether

18 the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be

19 printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des20 ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of the rule XVIII.

21 Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. The

22 chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post23 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com24 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

25 amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum
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1 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

2 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi3 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

4 on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.

5 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend6 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

7 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

8 Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House

9 on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

10 to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature

11 of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered

12 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

13 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

14 recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 39

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 142

[Report No. 106–101]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1184)

poses.fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for other purEarthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 forto authorize appropriations for carrying out the

APRIL 20, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed