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House Calendar No. 146

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 366

[Report No. 105–419]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2181) to ensure the safety

of witnesses and to promote notification of the interstate relocation

of witnesses by States and localities engaging in that relocation, and

for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 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. 2181) to ensure

the safety of witnesses and to promote notification of

the interstate relocation of witnesses by States and localities engaging in that relocation, 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. 2181) to ensure the safety of wit-
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1 nesses and to promote notification of the interstate reloca2 tion of witnesses by States and localities engaging in that

3 relocation, and for other purposes. The first reading of

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

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

6 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi7 nority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After

8 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

9 under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered

10 by title rather than by section. Each title shall be consid11 ered as read. During consideration of the bill for amend12 ment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may

13 accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the

14 Member offering an amendment has caused it to be print15 ed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated

16 for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments

17 so printed shall be considered as read. The Chairman of

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

19 time during further consideration in the Committee of the

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

21 and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec22 tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an23 other electronic vote without intervening business, pro24 vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the

25 first in any series of questions shall be fifteen minutes.
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1 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend2 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

3 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

4 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

5 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without

6 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

7 or without instructions.

House Calendar No. 146

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 366

[Report No. 105–419]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2181)

relocation, and for other purposes.nesses by States and localities engaging in thatnotification of the interstate relocation of witto ensure the safety of witnesses and to promote

FEBRUARY 24, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed