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House Calendar No. 196

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 454

[Report No. 106–557]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2418) to amend the Public

Health Service Act to revise and extend programs relating to organ

procurement and transplantation.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 3, 2000

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. 2418) to amend

the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs relating to organ procurement and transplantation.

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. 2418) to amend the Public Health

6 Service Act to revise and extend programs relating to
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1 organ procurement and transplantation. The first reading

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

3 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal4 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi5 nority member of the Committee on Commerce. After gen6 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

7 under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider

8 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under

9 the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub10 stitute recommended by the Committee on Commerce now

11 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na12 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. No amend13 ment to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub14 stitute shall be in order except those printed in the report

15 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution.

16 Each amendment may be offered only in the order printed

17 in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated

18 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat19 able for the time specified in the report equally divided

20 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall

21 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to

22 a demand for division of the question in the House or in

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

24 the amendments printed in the report are waived. The

25 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post-
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1 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com2 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

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

4 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

5 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi6 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

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

8 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend9 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

10 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

11 Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House

12 on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

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

14 of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered

15 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

16 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

17 recommit with or without instructions.

House Calendar No. 196

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 454

[Report No. 106–557]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2418)

to amend the Public Health Service Act to reviseand extend programs relating to organ procurement and transplantation.

APRIL 3, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed