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House Calendar No. 123

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 344

[Report No. 107–358]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2356) to amend the Federal

Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 7, 2002

Mr. REYNOLDS, 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. 2356) to amend

the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide

bipartisan campaign reform.

1 Resolved, That on the next legislative day after the

2 adoption of this resolution, immediately after the third

3 daily order of business under clause 1 of rule XIV, the

4 House shall resolve into the Committee of the Whole

5 House on the state of the Union for consideration of the

6 bill (H.R. 2356) to amend the Federal Election Campaign

7 Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform. The
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1 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points

2 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen3 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex4 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair5 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

6 House Administration. After general debate the bill shall

7 be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

8 The bill shall be considered as read. No amendment to

9 the bill, or to the bill as perfected by an amendment in

10 the nature of a substitute finally adopted, shall be in order

11 except those printed in the portion of the Congressional

12 Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule

13 XVIII and as specified in this resolution.

14 SEC. 2. (a) Before consideration of any other amend15 ment, it shall be in order to consider the amendments in

16 the nature of a substitute specified in subsection (b). Each

17 such amendment may be offered only in the order speci18 fied, may be offered only by the Member designated or

19 a designee of such Member, shall be considered as read,

20 shall be debatable for 40 minutes equally divided and con21 trolled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not

22 be subject to amendment except as specified in section 3.

23 All points of order against such amendments are waived

24 (except those arising under clause 7 of rule XVI or clause

25 5(a) of rule XXI). If more than one amendment in the
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1 nature of a substitute specified in subsection (b) is adopt2 ed, then only the one receiving the greater number of af3 firmative votes shall be considered as finally adopted in

4 the House and in the Committee of the Whole. In the case

5 of a tie for the greater number of affirmative votes, then

6 only the last amendment to receive that number of affirm7 ative votes shall be considered as finally adopted in the

8 House and in the Committee of the Whole.

9 (b) The amendments in the nature of a substitute re10 ferred to in subsection (a) are as follows:

11 (1) By the Majority Leader.

12 (2) By Representative Ney of Ohio.

13 (3) By Representative Shays of Connecticut.

14 SEC. 3. (a) After disposition of the amendments in

15 the nature of a substitute specified in section 2(b), the

16 provisions of the bill, or the provisions of the bill as per17 fected by an amendment in the nature of a substitute fi18 nally adopted, shall be considered as an original bill for

19 the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute

20 rule and shall be considered as read. No further amend21 ment shall be in order except those specified in subsection

22 (b) of this section. Each such amendment may be offered

23 only by the Member designated in subsection (b) or a des24 ignee of such Member, but not before the legislative day

25 after the day on which such Member announces in accord-
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1 ance with subsection (c) in the House or in the Committee

2 of the Whole the intention of the Member to offer the

3 amendment. Each such amendment shall be considered as

4 read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and

5 controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not

6 be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a

7 demand for division of the question in the House or in

8 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against

9 such amendments are waived (except those arising under

10 clause 7 of rule XVI or clause 5(a) of rule XXI).

11 (b) The amendments referred to in subsection (a) are

12 as follows:

13 (1) Ten amendments by the Majority Leader.

14 (2) Five amendments by the Minority Leader.

15 (3) Five amendments by Representative Shays

16 of Connecticut or Representative Meehan of Massa17 chusetts.

18 (c) The announcement referred to in subsection (a)

19 shall describe the amendment by the number assigned to

20 it under clause 8 of rule XVIII and may not be made later

21 than the end of the legislative day on which this resolution

22 is adopted. A Member may make only one such announce23 ment, which must include any amendment the Member in24 tends to offer but must be limited to the number of
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1 amendments specified in subsection (b) of this section for

2 the bill or for each substitute specified in section 2(b).

3 SEC. 4. If the Committee of the Whole rises and re4 ports that it has come to no resolution on the bill, then

5 on the next legislative day, immediately after the third

6 daily order of business under clause 1 of rule XIV, the

7 House shall resolve into the Committee of the Whole for

8 further consideration of the bill.

9 SEC. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill

10 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the

11 bill, or the bill as perfected by an amendment in the na12 ture of a substitute finally adopted, to the House with

13 such further amendments as may have been adopted. Any

14 Member may demand a separate vote in the House on any

15 further amendment adopted in the Committee of the

16 Whole to the bill, or to the bill as perfected by an amend17 ment in the nature of a substitute finally adopted. The

18 previous question shall be considered as ordered on the

19 bill and amendments thereto to final passage without in20 tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or

21 without instructions.

22 SEC. 6. House Resolution 203 is laid on the table.
House Calendar No. 123

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 344

[Report No. 107–358]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2356)

to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform.

FEBRUARY 7, 2002

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed