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House Calendar No. 147

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 367

[Report No. 105–420]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1544) to prevent Federal agencies

from pursuing policies of unjustifiable nonacquiescence in, and relitigation of, precedents established in the Federal judicial circuits.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 24, 1998

Mr. MCINNIS, 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. 1544) to prevent

Federal agencies from pursuing policies of unjustifiable

nonacquiescence in, and relitigation of, precedents established in the Federal judicial circuits.

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. 1544) to prevent Federal agencies

6 from pursuing policies of unjustifiable nonacquiescence in,
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1 and relitigation of, precedents established in the Federal

2 judicial circuits. The first reading of the bill shall be dis3 pensed with. General debate shall be confined to the bill

4 and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con5 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

6 the Committee on the Judiciary. After general debate the

7 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five8 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original

9 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute

10 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec11 ommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed

12 in the bill. Each section of the committee amendment in

13 the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read.

14 During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chair15 man of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority

16 in recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering

17 an amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion

18 of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose

19 in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall

20 be considered as read. The Chairman of the Committee

21 of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further

22 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

23 a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

24 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

25 postponed question that follows another electronic vote
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1 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

2 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques3 tions shall be fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of consid4 eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

5 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

6 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a

7 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

8 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the commit9 tee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous

10 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

11 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

12 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in13 structions.
House Calendar No. 147

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 367

[Report No. 105–420]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1544)

eral judicial circuits.litigation of, precedents established in the Fedcies of unjustifiable nonacquiescence in, and reto prevent Federal agencies from pursuing poliFEBRUARY 24, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed