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House Calendar No. 128

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 327

[Report No. 106–376]

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1993) to reauthorize the

Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Trade and Development Agency, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 12, 1999

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1993) to

reauthorize the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

and the Trade and Development Agency, 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. 1993) to reauthorize the Overseas
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1 Private Investment Corporation and the Trade and Devel2 opment Agency, and for other purposes. The first reading

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

4 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal5 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi6 nority member of the Committee on International Rela7 tions. After general debate the bill shall be considered for

8 amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order

9 to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amend10 ment under the five-minute rule an amendment in the na11 ture of a substitute consisting of the bill modified by the

12 amendments recommended by the Committee on Inter13 national Relations now printed in the bill. Each section

14 of that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be

15 considered as read. No amendment to that amendment in

16 the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those

17 printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des18 ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII and

19 except pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate.

20 Each amendment so printed may be offered only by the

21 Member who caused it to be printed or his designee and

22 shall be considered as read. The Chairman of the Com23 mittee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

24 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re25 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re-
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1 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot2 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec3 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

4 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se5 ries of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion

6 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

7 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such

8 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may

9 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment

10 adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to

11 the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order

12 as original text. The previous question shall be considered

13 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

14 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

15 recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 128

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 327

[Report No. 106–376]

RESOLUTION

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

1993) to reauthorize the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Trade and Development Agency, and for other purposes.

OCTOBER 12, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed