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House Calendar No. 261

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 560

[Report No. 105–758]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3789) to amend title 28, United

States Code, to enlarge Federal Court jurisdiction over purported class

actions.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 1, 1998

Mr. LINDER, 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. 3789) to amend

title 28, United States Code, to enlarge Federal Court

jurisdiction over purported class actions.

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. 3789) to amend title 28, United

6 States Code, to enlarge Federal Court jurisdiction over

7 purported class actions. The first reading of the bill shall
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1 be dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the

2 bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con3 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

4 the Committee on the Judiciary. After general debate the

5 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five6 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original

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

8 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec9 ommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed

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

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

12 During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chair13 man of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority

14 in recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering

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

16 of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose

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

18 be considered as read. The chairman of the Committee

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

20 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

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

22 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

23 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

24 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

25 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
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1 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider2 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

3 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

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

5 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

6 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the commit7 tee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous

8 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

9 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

10 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in11 structions.
House Calendar No. 261

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 560

[Report No. 105–758]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3789)

actions.Federal Court jurisdiction over purported classto amend title 28, United States Code, to enlarge

OCTOBER 1, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed