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House Calendar No. 160

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 391

[Report No. 105–461]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2578) to amend the Immigration

and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to

provide for the collection of data with respect to the number of nonimmigrants who remain in the United States after the expiration of

the period of stay authorized by the Attorney General.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 24, 1998

Mrs. MYRICK, 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. 2578) to amend

the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the visa

waiver pilot program, and to provide for the collection

of data with respect to the number of non-immigrants

who remain in the United States after the expiration

of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney General.

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
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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 2578) to amend the Immigration

3 and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver pilot pro4 gram, and to provide for the collection of data with respect

5 to the number of non-immigrants who remain in the

6 United States after the expiration of the period of stay

7 authorized by the Attorney General. The first reading of

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

9 confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally

10 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi11 nority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After

12 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

13 under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered

14 as read. No amendment to the bill shall be in order unless

15 printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des16 ignated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. The

17 chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post18 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com19 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

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

21 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

22 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi23 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

24 on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.

25 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend-
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1 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

2 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

3 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

4 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without

5 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

6 or without instructions.

7 SEC. 2. After passage of H.R. 2578, it shall be in

8 order to consider in the House S. 1178. It shall be in order

9 to move that the House strike all after the enacting clause

10 of the Senate bill and insert in lieu thereof the provisions

11 of H.R. 2578 as passed by the House.
House Calendar No. 160

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 391

[Report No. 105–461]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2578)

of stay authorized by the Attorney General.United States after the expiration of the periodnumber of non-immigrants who remain in thevide for the collection of data with respect to theextend the visa waiver pilot program, and to proto amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to

MARCH 24, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed