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House Calendar No. 113

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 295

[Report No. 106–326]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1875) to amend title 28, United

States Code, to allow the application of the principles of Federal diversity

jurisdiction to interstate class actions.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 21, 1999

Mr. LINDER, 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. 1875) to amend

title 28, United States Code, to allow the application

of the principles of Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions.

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. 1875) to amend title 28, United

6 States Code, to allow the application of the principles of
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1 Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions.

2 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Gen3 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex4 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair5 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

6 the Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be consid7 ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall

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

9 of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment

10 in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Com11 mittee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. Each sec12 tion of the committee amendment in the nature of a sub13 stitute shall be considered as read. No amendment to the

14 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall

15 be in order except those printed in the portion of the Con16 gressional Record designated for that purpose in clause

17 8 of rule XVIII and except pro forma amendments for

18 the purpose of debate. Each amendment so printed may

19 be offered only by the Member who caused it to be printed

20 or his designee and shall be considered as read. The Chair21 man of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone

22 until a time during further consideration in the Committee

23 of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amend24 ment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time

25 for electronic voting on any postponed question that fol-
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1 lows another electronic vote without intervening business,

2 provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on

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

4 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend5 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

6 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

7 Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House

8 on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

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

10 of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered

11 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

12 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

13 recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 113

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 295

[Report No. 106–326]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1875)

to amend title 28, United States Code, to allowthe application of the principles of Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions.

SEPTEMBER 21, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed