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House Calendar No. 157

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 388

[Report No. 105–449]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2870) to amend the Foreign

Assistance Act of 1961 to facilitate protection of tropical forests through

debt reduction with developing countries with tropical forests.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 17, 1998

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, 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. 2870) to amend

the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical forests.

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. 2870) to amend the Foreign Assist-
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1 ance Act of 1961 to facilitate protection of tropical forests

2 through debt reduction with developing countries with

3 tropical forests. The first reading of the bill shall be dis4 pensed with. General debate shall be confined to the bill

5 and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con6 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

7 the Committee on International Relations. After general

8 debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under

9 the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as

10 an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the

11 five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub12 stitute recommended by the Committee on International

13 Relations now printed in the bill. The committee amend14 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as

15 read. During consideration of the bill for amendment, the

16 chairman of the Committee of the Whole may accord pri17 ority in recognition on the basis of whether the Member

18 offering an amendment has caused it to be printed in the

19 portion of the Congressional Record designated for that

20 purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed

21 shall be considered as read. The chairman of the Commit22 tee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

23 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re24 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re25 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot-
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1 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec2 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

3 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se4 ries of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion

5 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

6 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such

7 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may

8 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment

9 adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to

10 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.

11 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

12 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without

13 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

14 or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 157

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 388

[Report No. 105–449]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2870)

tropical forests.debt reduction with developing countries withfacilitate protection of tropical forests throughto amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to

MARCH 17, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed