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House Calendar No. 166

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 405

[Report No. 105–476]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2400) to authorize funds for

Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 31, 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. 2400) to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, 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. 2400) to authorize funds for Fed6 eral-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit

7 programs, and for other purposes. The first reading of the
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1 bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against

2 consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall

3 be confined to the bill and the amendments made in order

4 by this resolution and shall not exceed two hours and 30

5 minutes, with two hours equally divided and controlled by

6 the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com7 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and 30 min8 utes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and

9 ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and

10 Means. After general debate the bill shall be considered

11 for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in

12 order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of

13 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in

14 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee

15 on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in the

16 bill, modified by the amendment recommended by the

17 Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill

18 and the amendment printed in part 1 of the report of the

19 Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. That

20 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid21 ered as read. All points of order against that amendment

22 in the nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment

23 to that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be

24 in order except those printed in part 2 of the report of

25 the Committee on Rules. Each amendment may be offered
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1 only in the order printed in the report, may be offered

2 only by a Member designated in the report, shall be con3 sidered as read, shall be debatable for the first time speci4 fied in the report equally divided and controlled by the

5 proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend6 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division

7 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the

8 Whole. All points of order against the amendments printed

9 in the report are waived. The chairman of the Committee

10 of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further

11 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

12 a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

13 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

14 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

15 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

16 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques17 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider18 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

19 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

20 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a

21 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

22 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amend23 ment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi24 nal text. The previous question shall be considered as or25 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage
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1 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit

2 with or without instructions.

House Calendar No. 166

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 405

[Report No. 105–476]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2400)

and for other purposes.highway safety programs, and transit programs,to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways,

MARCH 31, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed