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House Calendar No. 12

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 77

[Report No. 106–28]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 514) to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic

eavesdropping, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 23, 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. 514) to amend

the Communications Act of 1934 to strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping, 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. 514) to amend the Communications

6 Act of 1934 to strengthen and clarify prohibitions on elec-
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1 tronic eavesdropping, and for other purposes. The first

2 reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order

3 against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with

4 clause 4(a) of rule XIII are waived. General debate shall

5 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal6 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi7 nority member of the Committee on Commerce. After gen8 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

9 under the five-minute rule. Each section of the bill shall

10 be considered as read. During consideration of the bill for

11 amendment, the chairman of the Committee of the Whole

12 may accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether

13 the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be

14 printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des15 ignated for that purpose and in clause 8 of rule XVIII.

16 Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. The

17 chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post18 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com19 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

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

21 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

22 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi23 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

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

25 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend-
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1 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

2 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

3 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

4 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without

5 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

6 or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 12

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 77

[Report No. 106–28]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 514)

eavesdropping, and for other purposes.strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronicto amend the Communications Act of 1934 to

FEBRUARY 23, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed