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House Calendar No. 175

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 419

[Report No. 105–507]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1872) to amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to promote competition and privatization

in satellite communications, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 5, 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. 1872) to amend

the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to promote

competition and privatization in satellite communications,

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. 1872) to amend the Communica6 tions Satellite Act of 1962 to promote competition and pri-
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1 vatization in satellite communications, and for other pur2 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

3 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not

4 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the

5 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

6 on Commerce. After general debate the bill shall be consid7 ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall

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

9 of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment

10 in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Commit11 tee on Commerce now printed in the bill. The committee

12 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid13 ered as read. No amendment to the committee amendment

14 in the nature of a substitute shall be in order unless print15 ed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated

16 for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Printed amend17 ments shall be considered as read. The chairman of the

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

19 during further consideration in the Committee of the

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

21 and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec22 tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an23 other electronic vote without intervening business, pro24 vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the

25 first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. At
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1 the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment

2 the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House

3 with such amendments as may have been adopted. Any

4 Member may demand a separate vote in the House on any

5 amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the

6 bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a

7 substitute. The previous question shall be considered as

8 ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final pas9 sage without intervening motion except one motion to re10 commit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 175

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 419

[Report No. 105–507]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1872)

satellite communications, and for other purposes.1962 to promote competition and privatization into amend the Communications Satellite Act of

MAY 5, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed