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House Calendar No. 151

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 378

[Report No. 105–428]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3130) to provide for an alternative penalty procedure for States that fail to meet Federal child support data processing requirements, to reform Federal incentive payments

for effective child support performance, and to provide for a more flexible

penalty procedure for States that violate interjurisdictional adoption requirements.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 4, 1998

Ms. PRYCE, 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. 3130) to provide

for an alternative penalty procedure for States that fail

to meet Federal child support data processing requirements, to reform Federal incentive payments for effective

child support performance, and to provide for a more

flexible penalty procedure for states that violate interjurisdictional adoption requirements.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of
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1 rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee

2 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider3 ation of the bill (H.R. 3130) to provide for an alternative

4 penalty procedure for states that fail to meet Federal child

5 support data processing requirements, to reform Federal

6 incentive payments for effective child support perform7 ance, and to provide for a more flexible penalty procedure

8 for States that violate interjurisdictional adoption require9 ments. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

10 Points of order against consideration of the bill for failure

11 to comply with section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget

12 Act of 1974 are waived. General debate shall be confined

13 to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided

14 and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority

15 member of the Committee on Ways and Means. After gen16 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

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

18 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under

19 the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub20 stitute recommended by the Committee on Ways and

21 Means now printed in the bill. The committee amendment

22 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read.

23 Points of order against the committee amendment in the

24 nature of a substitute for failure to comply with section

25 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are
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1 waived. No amendment shall be in order unless printed

2 in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for

3 that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Points of order

4 against the amendment printed in the Congressional

5 Record and numbered 2 pursuant to clause 6 of rule

6 XXIII for failure to comply with clause 7 of rule XVI are

7 waived. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

8 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider9 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re10 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

11 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

12 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

13 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

14 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques15 tions shall be fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of consid16 eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

17 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

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

19 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

20 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the commit21 tee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous

22 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

23 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

24 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in25 structions.
House Calendar No. 151

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 378

[Report No. 105–428]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3130)

jurisdictional adoption requirements.penalty procedure for States that violate interperformance, and to provide for a more flexibleincentive payments for effective child supportdata processing requirements, to reform Federalfor States that fail to meet Federal child supportto provide for an alternative penalty procedure

MARCH 4, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed