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House Calendar No. 125

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 350

[Report No. 107–361]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1542) to deregulate the Internet

and high speed data services, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 26, 2002

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. 1542) to deregulate the Internet and high speed data services, 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. 1542) to deregulate the Internet

6 and high speed data services, and for other purposes. The

7 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points
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1 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen2 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and the amend3 ments made in order by this resolution and shall not ex4 ceed one hour and 20 minutes, with one hour equally di5 vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor6 ity member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce

7 and 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the

8 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

9 on the Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be con10 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu

11 of the amendments recommended by the Committee on

12 Energy and Commerce and the Committee on the Judici13 ary now printed in the bill, the amendment in the nature

14 of a substitute printed in part A of the report of the Com15 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be con16 sidered as adopted in the House and in the Committee

17 on the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered

18 as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment

19 and shall be considered as read. No further amendment

20 to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those

21 printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules.

22 Each further amendment may be offered only in the order

23 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member

24 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall

25 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally
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1 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent,

2 shall not be subject to amendment except as specified in

3 the report, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi4 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee

5 of the Whole. All points of order against such further

6 amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consider7 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

8 and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such

9 further amendments as may have been adopted. The pre10 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill

11 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter12 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or

13 without instructions.
House Calendar No. 125

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 350

[Report No. 107–361]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1542)

to deregulate the Internet and high speed dataservices, and for other purposes.

FEBRUARY 26, 2002

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed