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House Calendar No. 185

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 426

[Report No. 105–529]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3534) to improve congressional

deliberation on proposed Federal private sector mandates, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 12, 1998

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. 3534) to improve congressional deliberation on proposed Federal private sector mandates, 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. 3534) to improve congressional de6 liberation on proposed Federal private sector mandates,

7 and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall
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1 be dispensed with. Points of order against consideration

2 of the bill for failure to comply with section 306 of the

3 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General de4 bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one

5 hour equally divided and controlled by chairman and rank6 ing minority member of the Committee on Rules. After

7 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

8 under the five-minute rule. The amendment recommended

9 by the Committee on Rules now printed in the bill shall

10 be considered as adopted in the House and in the Commit11 tee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered

12 as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment.

13 The bill shall be considered as read. During consideration

14 of the bill for further amendment, the Chairman of the

15 Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition

16 on the basis of whether the Member offering an amend17 ment has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Con18 gressional Record designated for that purpose in clause

19 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be consid20 ered as read. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole

21 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider22 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re23 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

24 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

25 postponed question that follows another electronic vote
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1 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

2 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques3 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider4 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

5 and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such

6 further amendments as may have been adopted. The pre7 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill

8 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter9 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or

10 without instructions.
House Calendar No. 185

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 426

[Report No. 105–529]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3534)

purposes.Federal private sector mandates, and for otherto improve congressional deliberation on proposed

MAY 12, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed