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House Calendar No. 16

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 91

[Report No. 106–41]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 707) to amend the Robert

T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize

a program for predisaster mitigation, to streamline the administration

of disaster relief, to control the Federal costs of disaster assistance,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 3, 1999

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. 707) to amend

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act to authorize a program for predisaster

mitigation, to streamline the administration of disaster

relief, to control the Federal costs of disaster assistance,

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
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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 707) to amend the Robert T. Staf3 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to au4 thorize a program for predisaster mitigation, to streamline

5 the administration of disaster relief, to control the Federal

6 costs of disaster assistance, and for other purposes. The

7 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of

8 order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply

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

10 shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour

11 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank12 ing minority member of the Committee on Transportation

13 and Infrastructure. After general debate the bill shall be

14 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It

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

16 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the

17 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by

18 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now

19 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na20 ture of a substitute shall be considered by title rather than

21 by section. Each title shall be considered as read. During

22 consideration of the bill for amendment, the chairman of

23 the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec24 ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an

25 amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of
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1 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in

2 clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be

3 considered as read. The chairman of the Committee of the

4 Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further con5 sideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

6 a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

7 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

8 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

9 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

10 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques11 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider12 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

13 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

14 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a

15 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

16 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the commit17 tee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous

18 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

19 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

20 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in21 structions.
House Calendar No. 16

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 91

[Report No. 106–41]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 707)

other purposes.the Federal costs of disaster assistance, and forthe administration of disaster relief, to controlprogram for predisaster mitigation, to streamlineand Emergency Assistance Act to authorize ato amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief

MARCH 3, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed