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105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 486

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3605) to amend the Public

Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of

1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers

in managed care plans and other health coverage.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 23, 1998

Mr. GANSKE (for himself, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. BERRY, and Mr. FORBES) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on

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RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3605) to amend

the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement

Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care

plans and other health coverage.

1 Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this

2 resolution the House shall resolve into the Committee of

3 the Whole House on the State of the Union for consider4 ation of the bill (H.R. 3605) to amend the Public Health

5 Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security

6 Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to

7 protect consumers in managed care plans and other health
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1 coverage. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed

2 with. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall

3 not exceed 90 minutes, with 60 minutes equally divided

4 and controlled by the chairman and ranking member of

5 the Committee on Commerce, and 30 minutes equally di6 vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking member

7 of the Committee on Education and the Workforce. After

8 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

9 under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read.

10 No amendment shall be in order except the amendments

11 in the nature of a substitute specified in section 2 of this

12 resolution. Each amendment may be offered only in the

13 order designated, may be offered only by the Member des14 ignated or his designee, shall be considered as read, shall

15 be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled

16 by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be sub17 ject to amendment. All points of order against the amend18 ments specified in section 2 are waived (except those aris19 ing under clause 7 of rule XVI). If more than one amend20 ment in the nature of a substitute is adopted, then only

21 the one receiving the greater number of affirmative votes

22 shall be considered as finally adopted and reported to the

23 House. In the case of a tie for the greater number of af24 firmative votes, then only the last amendment to receive

25 that number of affirmative votes shall be considered as
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1 finally adopted and reported to the House. The chairman

2 of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until

3 a time during further consideration in the Committee of

4 the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amend5 ment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time

6 for electronic voting on any postponed question that fol7 lows another electronic vote without intervening business,

8 provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on

9 the first series of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the

10 conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment, the

11 Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with

12 such amendments as may have been adopted. The previous

13 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

14 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

15 motion except one motion to recommit, with or without

16 instructions.

17 SEC. 2. The amendments described in the first sec18 tion of this resolution are as follows:

19 (1) an amendment in the nature of a substitute

20 by Representatives Dingell of Michigan and Ganske

21 of Iowa, printed in the Congressional Record pursu22 ant to clause 6 of rule XXIII; and

23 (2) an amendment in the nature of a substitute

24 by Representative Norwood of Georgia, printed in
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1 the Congressional Record pursuant to clause 6 of

2 rule XXIII.

3 SEC. 3. If the Committee of the Whole rises on any

4 day without coming to a final resolution on the bill, the

5 House shall immediately after the third daily order of

6 business under clause 1 of rule XXIV, resolve itself into

7 the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union

8 for further consideration of the bill.

9 SEC. 4. It shall not be in order for the House to con10 sider any resolution that waives or supersedes any provi11 sion of this resolution.

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