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House Calendar No. 166

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 412

[Report No. 106–491]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2005) to establish a statute

of repose for durable goods used in a trade or business.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 1, 2000

Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, 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. 2005) to establish a statute of repose for durable goods used in a

trade or business.

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. 2005) to establish a statute of

6 repose for durable goods used in a trade or business. The

7 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. General
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1 debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed

2 one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman

3 and ranking minority member of the Committee on the

4 Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be considered

5 for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in

6 order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of

7 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in

8 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee

9 on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. The committee

10 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid11 ered as read. No amendment to the committee amendment

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

13 printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des14 ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII and

15 except pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate.

16 Each amendment so printed may be offered only by the

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

18 shall be considered as read. The Chairman of the Com19 mittee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

20 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re21 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re22 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot23 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec24 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

25 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se-
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1 ries of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion

2 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

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

4 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may

5 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment

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

7 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.

8 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

9 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without

10 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

11 or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 166

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 412

[Report No. 106–491]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2005)

to establish a statute of repose for durable goodsused in a trade or business.

FEBRUARY 1, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed