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House Calendar No. 69

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 209

[Report No. 106–186]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1501) to provide grants to

ensure increased accountability for juvenile offenders, and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2122) to require background checks at gun

shows, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 16 (legislative day, JUNE 15), 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. 1501) to provide

grants to ensure increased accountability for juvenile offenders, and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2122)

to require background checks at gun shows, 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. 1501) to provide grants to ensure
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1 increased accountability for juvenile offenders. The first

2 reading of the bill shall be dispersed with. General debate

3 shall be confined to the bill and the amendments made

4 in order by this resolution and shall not exceed one hour

5 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank6 ing minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary.

7 After general debate the bill shall be considered for

8 amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be

9 considered as read. No amendment to the bill shall be in

10 order except those printed in part A of the report of the

11 Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Except

12 as otherwise specified in this resolution, each amendment

13 may be offered only in the order printed in part A of the

14 report. Each amendment may be offered only by a Mem15 ber designated in the report, shall be considered as read,

16 shall be debatable for the time specified in the report

17 equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an

18 opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as

19 specified in the report, and shall not be subject to a de20 mand for division of the question in the House or in the

21 Committee of the Whole. All points of order against the

22 amendments printed in the report are waived. The chair23 man of the Committee of the Whole may recognize for con24 sideration of any amendment printed in part A of the re25 port out of the order printed, but not sooner than one
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1 hour after the chairman of the Committee on the Judici2 ary or a designee announces from the floor a request to

3 that effect. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole

4 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider5 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re6 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

7 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

8 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

9 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

10 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques11 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider12 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

13 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

14 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall

15 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

16 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

17 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

18 SEC. 2. At any time after the adoption of this resolu19 tion the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule

20 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of

21 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider22 ation of the bill (H.R. 2122) to require background checks

23 at gun shows, and for other purposes. The first reading

24 of the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall

25 be confined to the bill and the amendments made in order
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1 by this resolution and shall not exceed one hour equally

2 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi3 nority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After

4 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

5 under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered

6 as read. No amendment to the bill shall be in order except

7 those printed in part B of the report of the Committee

8 on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each amendment

9 may be offered only in the order printed in part B of the

10 report, may be offered only by a Member designated in

11 the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable

12 for the time specified in the report equally divided and

13 controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not

14 be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a

15 demand for division of the question in the House or in

16 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against

17 the amendments printed in the report are waived. The

18 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post19 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com20 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

21 amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum

22 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

23 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi24 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

25 on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.
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1 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend2 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

3 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

4 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

5 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without

6 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

7 or without instructions.

8 SEC. 3. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 1501, the

9 Clerk shall—

10 (1) await the disposition of H.R. 2122;

11 (2) add the text of H.R. 2122, as passed by the

12 House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 1501;

13 (3) conform the title of H.R. 1501 to reflect the

14 addition of the text of H.R. 2122 to the engross15 ment;

16 (4) assign appropriate designations to provi17 sions within the engrossment; and

18 (5) conform provisions for short titles within

19 the engrossment.

20 (b) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 2122 to

21 the engrossment of H.R. 1501, H.R. 2122 shall be laid

22 on the table.
House Calendar No. 69

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 209

[Report No. 106–186]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1501)

poses.ground checks at gun shows, and for other puration of the bill (H.R. 2122) to require backability for juvenile offenders, and for considerto provide grants to ensure increased accountJUNE 16 (legislative day, JUNE 15), 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed