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House Calendar No. 251

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 542

[Report No. 106–709]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1304) to ensure and foster

continued patient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust

laws apply to negotiations between groups of health care professionals

and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner

as such laws apply to collective bargaining by labor organizations under

the National Labor Relations Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 28, 2000

Mr. GOSS, 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. 1304) to ensure

and foster continued patient safety and quality of care

by making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health

plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner

as such laws apply to collective bargaining by labor organizations under the National Labor Relations Act.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of
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1 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee

2 of the Whole on the state of the Union for consideration

3 of the bill (H.R. 1304) to ensure and foster continued pa4 tient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust

5 laws apply to negotiations between groups of health care

6 professionals and health plans and health insurance

7 issuers in the same manner as such laws apply to collective

8 bargaining by labor organizations under the National

9 Labor Relations Act. The first reading of the bill shall

10 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider11 ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con12 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di13 vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor14 ity member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After gen15 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

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

17 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under

18 the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub19 stitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary

20 now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the

21 nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. All

22 points of order against the committee amendment in the

23 nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to the

24 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall

25 be in order except those printed in the report of the Com-
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1 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each

2 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in

3 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated

4 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat5 able for the time specified in the report equally divided

6 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall

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

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

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

10 the amendments printed in the report are waived. The

11 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post12 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com13 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

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

15 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

16 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi17 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

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

19 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend20 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

21 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

22 Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House

23 on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

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

25 of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered
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1 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

2 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

3 recommit with or without instructions.

House Calendar No. 251

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 542

[Report No. 106–709]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1304)

to ensure and foster continued patient safety andquality of care by making the antitrust lawsapply to negotiations between groups of healthcare professionals and health plans and healthinsurance issuers in the same manner as suchlaws apply to collective bargaining by labor organizations under the National Labor RelationsAct.

JUNE 28, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed