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House Calendar No. 149

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 376

[Report No. 105–426]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 856) to provide a process leading

to full self-government for Puerto Rico.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 3, 1998

Mr. SOLOMON, 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. 856) to provide

a process leading to full self-government for Puerto Rico.

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. 856) to provide a process leading

6 to full self-government for Puerto Rico. The first reading

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

8 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed ninety minutes
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1 equally divided and controlled by Representative Young of

2 Alaska, Representative Miller of California, Representa3 tive Solomon of New York, and Representative Gutierrez

4 of Illinois or their designees. After general debate the bill

5 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute

6 rule. In lieu of the amendment recommended by the Com7 mittee on Resources now printed in the bill, it shall be

8 in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of

9 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in

10 the nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional

11 Record and numbered 1 pursuant to clause 6 of rule

12 XXIII. That amendment in the nature of a substitute

13 shall be considered as read. Points of order against that

14 amendment in the nature of a substitute for failure to

15 comply with clause 5(a) or rule XXI are waived.

16 SEC. 2. (a) Before consideration of any other amend17 ment, it shall be in order to consider the amendment print18 ed in the Congressional Record and numbered 3 pursuant

19 to clause 6 of rule XXIII. Consideration of that amend20 ment shall be preceded by an additional period of general

21 debate, which shall be confined to the subject of that

22 amendment and shall not exceed one hour equally divided

23 and controlled by Representative Solomon of New York

24 and a Member opposed to that amendment.
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1 (b) Consideration of the amendment printed in the

2 Congressional Record and numbered 2 pursuant to clause

3 6 of rule XXIII shall be preceded by an additional period

4 of general debate, which shall be confined to the subject

5 of that amendment and shall not exceed thirty minutes

6 equally divided and controlled by Representative Serrano

7 of New York and a Member opposed to that amendment.

8 (c) Amendments specified in subsections (a) and (b)

9 of this resolution shall be considered as read and shall not

10 be subject to a demand for division of the question in the

11 House or in the Committee of the Whole. Consideration

12 of those amendments, and all amendments thereto, shall

13 not exceed one hour.

14 SEC. 3. During consideration of the bill for amend15 ment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may

16 accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the

17 Member offering an amendment has caused it to be print18 ed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated

19 for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments

20 so printed shall be considered as read. The Chairman of

21 the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a

22 time during further consideration in the Committee of the

23 Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment;

24 and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec25 tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an-
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1 other electronic vote without intervening business, pro2 vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the

3 first in any series of questions shall be fifteen minutes.

4 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend5 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

6 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

7 Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House

8 on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

9 to the bill or to the amendment in the nature of a sub10 stitute made in order as original text. The previous ques11 tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amend12 ments thereto to final passage without intervening motion

13 except one motion to recommit with or without instruc14 tions.

House Calendar No. 149

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 376

[Report No. 105–426]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 856)

ment for Puerto Rico.to provide a process leading to full self-governMARCH 3, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed