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House Calendar No. 244

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 522

[Report No. 105–699]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2538) to establish a Presidential

commission to determine the validity of certain land claims arising out

of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo of 1848 involving the descendants

of persons who were Mexican citizens at the time of the treaty.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 9, 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. 2538) to establish a Presidential commission to determine the validity

of certain land claims arising out of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo of 1848 involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican citizens at the time of the

treaty.

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. 2538) to establish a Presidential

3 commission to determine the validity of certain land claims

4 arising out of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo of 1848

5 involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican

6 citizens at the time of the treaty. The first reading of the

7 bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order against consid8 eration of the bill for failure to comply with section 303(a)

9 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. Gen10 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex11 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair12 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

13 Resources. After general debate the bill shall be considered

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

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

16 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in

17 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee

18 on Resources now printed in the bill, modified by striking

19 the last two sentences of subsection (c) of section 6. Each

20 section of that amendment in the nature of a substitute

21 shall be considered as read. During consideration of the

22 bill for amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of

23 the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis

24 of whether the Member offering an amendment has caused

25 it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional Record
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1 designated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII.

2 Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. The

3 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post4 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com5 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

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

7 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

8 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi9 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

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

11 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend12 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

13 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

14 Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House

15 on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

16 to the bill or to the amendment in the nature of a sub17 stitute made in order as original text. The previous ques18 tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amend19 ments thereto to final passage without intervening motion

20 except one motion to recommit with or without instruc21 tions.
House Calendar No. 244

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 522

[Report No. 105–699]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2538)

Mexican citizens at the time of the treaty.involving the descendants of persons who wereout of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo of 1848mine the validity of certain land claims arisingto establish a Presidential commission to deterSEPTEMBER 9, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed