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House Calendar No. 161

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 393

[Report No. 105–463]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3246) to assist small businesses

and labor organizations in defending themselves against government bureaucracy; to ensure that employees entitled to reinstatement get their

jobs back quickly; to protect the right of employers to have a hearing

to present their case in certain representation cases; and to prevent

the use of the National Labor Relations Act for the purpose of disrupting

or inflicting economic harm on employers.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 25, 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. 3246) to assist

small businesses and labor organizations in defending

themselves against government bureaucracy; to ensure

that employees entitled to reinstatement get their jobs

back quickly; to protect the right of employers to have

a hearing to present their case in certain representation

cases; and to prevent the use of the National Labor

Relations Act for the purpose of disrupting or inflicting

economic harm on employers.
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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. 3246) to assist small businesses

6 and labor organizations in defending themselves against

7 government bureaucracy; to ensure that employees enti8 tled to reinstatement get their jobs back quickly; to protect

9 the right of employers to have a hearing to present their

10 case in certain representation cases; and to prevent the

11 use of the National Labor Relations Act for the purpose

12 of disrupting or inflicting economic harm on employers.

13 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Gen14 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex15 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair16 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

17 Education and the Workforce. After general debate the

18 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five19 minute rule. The bill shall be considered as read. No

20 amendment shall be in order except those printed in the

21 report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this reso22 lution. Each amendment may be offered only in the order

23 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member

24 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall

25 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally
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1 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent,

2 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub3 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House

4 or in the Committee of the Whole. The chairman of the

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

6 during further consideration in the Committee of the

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

8 and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec9 tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an10 other electronic vote without intervening business, pro11 vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the

12 first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. At

13 the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment

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

15 with such amendments as may have been adopted. The

16 previous question shall be considered as ordered on the

17 bill and amendments thereto to final passage without in18 tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or

19 without instructions.
House Calendar No. 161

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 393

[Report No. 105–463]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3246)

flicting economic harm on employers.lations Act for the purpose of disrupting or inand to prevent the use of the National Labor Represent their case in certain representation cases;tect the right of employers to have a hearing toreinstatement get their jobs back quickly; to proreaucracy; to ensure that employees entitled toin defending themselves against government buto assist small businesses and labor organizations

MARCH 25, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed