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House Calendar No. 17

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 116

[Report No. 105–56]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 400) to amend title 35, United

States Code, with respect to patents, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 16, 1997

Mr. MCINNIS, 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. 400) to amend

title 35, United States Code, with respect to patents,

and for other purposes.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of

3 rule XXIII, 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. 400) to amend title 35, United

6 States Code, with respect to patents, and for other pur7 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.
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1 All points of order against consideration of the bill are

2 waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and

3 shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled

4 by the chairman and ranking minority member of the

5 Committee on the Judiciary. After general debate the bill

6 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute

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

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

9 the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended

10 by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill,

11 modified as specified in section 2 of this resolution. The

12 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as

13 modified, shall be considered as read. All points of order

14 against the committee amendment in the nature of a sub15 stitute, as modified, are waived. During consideration of

16 the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the Committee

17 of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the

18 basis of whether the Member offering an amendment has

19 caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional

20 Record designated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule

21 XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as

22 read. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may:

23 (1) postpone until a time during further consideration in

24 the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote

25 on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the
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1 minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed

2 question that follows another electronic vote without inter3 vening business, provided that the minimum time for elec4 tronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall

5 be fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of consideration of

6 the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and re7 port the bill to the House with such amendments as may

8 have been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate

9 vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Com10 mittee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amend11 ment in the nature of a substitute, as modified. The pre12 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill

13 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter14 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or

15 without instructions.

16 SEC. 2. The amendment in the nature of a substitute

17 recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now

18 printed in H.R. 400 is modified as follows:

19 (a) page 14, line 19, after ‘‘at’’ insert ‘‘a rate

20 not to exceed’’; and

21 (b) page 46, line 15, strike ‘‘activities’’ and in22 sert in lieu thereof ‘‘activities, subject to the submis23 sion of a plan to the Committees on Appropriations

24 of the House and Senate in accordance with the pro25 cedures set forth in section 605 of the Departments
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1 of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and

2 Related Agencies Appropriations Act 1997’’.

House Calendar No. 17

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 116

[Report No. 105–56]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 400)

spect to patents, and for other purposes.to amend title 35, United States Code, with reAPRIL 16, 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed