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House Calendar No. 248

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 538

[Report No. 105–721]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4550) to provide for programs

to facilitate a significant reduction in the incidence and prevalence of

substance abuse through reducing the demand for illegal drugs and

the inappropriate use of legal drugs.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 15, 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. 4550) to provide

for programs to facilitate a significant reduction in the

incidence and prevalence of substance abuse through reducing the demand for illegal drugs and the inappropriate use of legal drugs.

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. 4550) to provide for programs to
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1 facilitate a significant reduction in the incidence and prev2 alence of substance abuse through reducing the demand

3 for illegal drugs and the inappropriate use of legal drugs.

4 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Gen5 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex6 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by Represent7 ative Hastert of Illinois or a designee and a Member op8 posed to the bill. After general debate the bill shall be con9 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule for a

10 period not to exceed three hours. Before consideration of

11 any other amendment it shall be in order to consider the

12 amendment printed in the report of the Committee on

13 Rules accompanying this resolution, if offered by a Mem14 ber designated in the report. That amendment shall be

15 considered as read, shall be debatable for the time speci16 fied in the report equally divided and controlled by the

17 proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend18 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division

19 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the

20 Whole. After disposition of that amendment, the provi21 sions of the bill as then perfected shall be considered as

22 original text for the purpose of further amendment under

23 the five-minute rule. During consideration of the bill for

24 further amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of

25 the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis
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1 of whether the Member offering an amendment has caused

2 it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional Record

3 designated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII.

4 Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. The

5 chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post6 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com7 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

8 amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum

9 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

10 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi11 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

12 on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.

13 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend14 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

15 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

16 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

17 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without

18 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

19 or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 248

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 538

[Report No. 105–721]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4550)

drugs.legal drugs and the inappropriate use of legalstance abuse through reducing the demand for ilreduction in the incidence and prevalence of subto provide for programs to facilitate a significant

SEPTEMBER 15, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed