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House Calendar No. 188

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 475

[Report No. 107–560]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4687) to provide for the establishment of investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency response and evacuation procedures in the wake of any building

failure that has resulted in substantial loss of life or that posed significant potential of substantial loss of life.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 9, 2002

Ms. PRYCE, 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. 4687) to provide

for the establishment of investigative teams to assess

building performance and emergency response and evacuation procedures in the wake of any building failure

that has resulted in substantial loss of life or that posed

significant potential of substantial loss of life.

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. 4687) to provide for the establish3 ment of investigative teams to assess building performance

4 and emergency response and evacuation procedures in the

5 wake of any building failure that has resulted in substan6 tial loss of life or that posed significant potential of sub7 stantial loss of life. The first reading of the bill shall be

8 dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the

9 bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con10 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

11 the Committee on Science. After general debate the bill

12 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute

13 rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill

14 for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule

15 the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended

16 by the Committee on Science now printed in the bill. Each

17 section of the committee amendment in the nature of a

18 substitute shall be considered as read. All points of order

19 against the committee amendment in the nature of a sub20 stitute are waived. During consideration of the bill for

21 amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

22 may accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether

23 the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be

24 printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des25 ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amend-
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1 ments so printed shall be considered as read. At the con2 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the

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

4 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member

5 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend6 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill

7 or to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub8 stitute. The previous question shall be considered as or9 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage

10 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit

11 with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 188

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 475

[Report No. 107–560]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4687)

to provide for the establishment of investigativeteams to assess building performance and emergency response and evacuation procedures in thewake of any building failure that has resulted insubstantial loss of life or that posed significantpotential of substantial loss of life.

JULY 9, 2002

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed