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House Calendar No. 139

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 342

[Report No. 106–414]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1987) to allow the recovery

of attorneys’ fees and costs by certain employers and labor organizations

who are prevailing parties in proceedings brought against them by the

National Labor Relations Board or by the Occupational Safety and

Health Administration.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 25, 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. 1987) to allow

the recovery of attorneys’ fees and costs by certain employers and labor organizations who are prevailing parties in proceedings brought against them by the National

Labor Relations Board or by the Occupational Safety

and Health Administration.

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. 1987) to allow the recovery of attor3 neys’ fees and costs by certain employers and labor organi4 zations who are prevailing parties in proceedings brought

5 against them by the National Labor Relations Board or

6 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

7 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Gen8 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex9 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair10 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

11 Education and the Workforce. After general debate the

12 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five13 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original

14 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute

15 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec16 ommended by the Committee on Education and the Work17 force now printed in the bill. The committee amendment

18 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read.

19 No amendment to the committee amendment in the nature

20 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in

21 the portion of the Congressional Record designated for

22 that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII and except pro

23 forma amendments for the purpose of debate. Each

24 amendment so printed may be offered only by the Member

25 who caused it to be printed or his designee and shall be
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1 considered as read. The Chairman of the Committee of

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

3 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

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

5 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

6 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

7 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

8 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques9 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider10 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

11 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

12 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a

13 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

14 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com15 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre16 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill

17 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter18 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or

19 without instructions.
House Calendar No. 139

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 342

[Report No. 106–414]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1987)

to allow the recovery of attorneys’ fees and costsby certain employers and labor organizations whoare prevailing parties in proceedings broughtagainst them by the National Labor RelationsBoard or by the Occupational Safety and HealthAdministration.

OCTOBER 25, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed