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House Calendar No. 10

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 75

[Report No. 106–26]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 409) to improve the effectiveness

and performance of Federal financial assistance programs, simplify Federal financial assistance application and reporting requirements, and improve the delivery of services to the public.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 23, 1999

Mr. SESSIONS, 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. 409) to improve

the effectiveness and performance of Federal financial

assistance programs, simplify Federal financial assistance

application and reporting requirements, and improve the

delivery of services to the public.

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. 409) to improve the effectiveness
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1 and performance of Federal financial assistance programs,

2 simplify Federal financial assistance application and re3 porting requirements, and improve the delivery of services

4 to the public. The first reading of the bill shall be dis5 pensed with. General debate shall be confined to the bill

6 and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con7 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

8 the Committee on Government Reform. After general de9 bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the

10 five-minute rule. Each section of the bill shall be consid11 ered as read. During consideration of the bill for amend12 ment, the chairman of the Committee of the Whole may

13 accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the

14 Member offering an amendment has caused it to be print15 ed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated

16 for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments

17 so printed shall be considered as read. The chairman of

18 the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a

19 time during further consideration in the Committee of the

20 Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment;

21 and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec22 tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an23 other electronic vote without intervening business, pro24 vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the

25 first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. At
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1 the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment

2 the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House

3 with such amendments as may have been adopted. The

4 previous question shall be considered as ordered on the

5 bill and amendments thereto to final passage without in6 tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or

7 without instructions.
House Calendar No. 10

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 75

[Report No. 106–26]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 409)

services to the public.porting requirements, and improve the delivery ofFederal financial assistance application and reFederal financial assistance programs, simplifyto improve the effectiveness and performance of

FEBRUARY 23, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed