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House Calendar No. 159

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 390

[Report No. 105–460]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2589) to amend the provisions

of title 17, United States Code, with respect to the duration of copyright,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 24, 1998

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, 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. 2589) to amend

the provisions of title 17, United States Code, with respect to the duration of copyright, 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. 2589) to amend the provisions of
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1 title 17, United States Code, with respect to the duration

2 of copyright, and for other purposes. The first reading of

3 the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be

4 confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally

5 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi6 nority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After

7 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

8 under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider

9 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under

10 the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub11 stitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary

12 now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the

13 nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. No

14 amendment to the committee amendment in the nature

15 of a substitute shall be in order unless printed in the por16 tion of the Congressional Record designated for that pur17 pose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Points of order against

18 the amendment printed in the Congressional Record and

19 numbered 1 pursuant to clause 6 of rule XXIII for failure

20 to comply with clause 7 of rule XVI are waived. The chair21 man of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone

22 until a time during further consideration in the Committee

23 of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amend24 ment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time

25 for electronic voting on any postponed question that fol-
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1 lows another electronic vote without intervening business,

2 provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on

3 the first of any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.

4 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend5 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

6 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

7 Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House

8 on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

9 to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature

10 of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered

11 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

12 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

13 recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 159

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 390

[Report No. 105–460]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2589)

and for other purposes.Code, with respect to the duration of copyright,to amend the provisions of title 17, United States

MARCH 24, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed