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House Calendar No. 139

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 339

[Report No. 106–409]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2260) to amend the Controlled

Substances Act to promote pain management and palliative care without

permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 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. 2260) to amend

the Controlled Substances Act to promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia, 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. 2260) to amend the Controlled Sub6 stances Act to promote pain management and palliative
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1 care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia,

2 and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall

3 be dispensed with. Points of order against consideration

4 of the bill for failure to comply with clause 4(a) of rule

5 XIII are waived. General debate shall be confined to the

6 bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided among

7 and controlled by the chairmen and ranking minority

8 members of the Committee on Commerce and the Com9 mittee on the Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall

10 be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

11 It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the

12 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an

13 amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the

14 bill modified by the amendments recommended by the

15 Committee on Commerce now printed in the bill. That

16 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid17 ered as read. No amendment to that amendment in the

18 nature of a substitute shall be in order except those print19 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying

20 this resolution. Each amendment may be offered only in

21 the order printed in the report, may be offered only by

22 a Member designated in the report, shall be considered

23 as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the

24 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and

25 an opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment. The
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1 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post2 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com3 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

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

5 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

6 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi7 ness, provided, that the minimum time for electronic vot8 ing on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 min9 utes. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for

10 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill

11 to the House with such amendments as may have been

12 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the

13 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of

14 the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature

15 of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous

16 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

17 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

18 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in19 structions.
House Calendar No. 139

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 339

[Report No. 106–409]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2260)

to amend the Controlled Substances Act to promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia,and for other purposes.

OCTOBER 21, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed