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House Calendar No. 100

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 255

[Report No. 105–282]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1370) to reauthorize the ExportImport Bank of the United States.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 29, 1997

Mr. DREIER, 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. 1370) to

reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

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. 1370) to reauthorize the Export6 Import Bank of the United States. The first reading of

7 the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be

8 confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally
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1 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi2 nority member of the Committee on Banking and Finan3 cial Services. After general debate the bill shall be consid4 ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall

5 be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose

6 of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment

7 in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Commit8 tee on Banking and Financial Services now printed in the

9 bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a sub10 stitute shall be considered as read. Points of order against

11 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute

12 for failure to comply with clause 7 of rule XVI are waived.

13 No amendment to the committee amendment in the nature

14 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in

15 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this

16 resolution. Each amendment may be offered only in the

17 order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Mem18 ber designated in the report, shall be considered as read,

19 shall be debatable for the time specified in the report

20 equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an

21 opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall

22 not be subject to a demand for division of the question

23 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The

24 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post25 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com-
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1 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

2 amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum

3 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

4 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi5 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

6 on the first in any series of questions shall be fifteen min7 utes. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for

8 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill

9 to the House with such amendments as may have been

10 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the

11 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of

12 the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in

13 the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be

14 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto

15 to final passage without intervening motion except one

16 motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 100

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 255

[Report No. 105–282]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1370)

United States.to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the

SEPTEMBER 29, 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed