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House Calendar No. 246

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 535

[Report No. 105–712]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4006) to clarify Federal law

to prohibit the dispensing or distribution of a controlled substance for

the purpose of causing, or assisting in causing, the suicide, or euthanasia,

of any individual.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 14, 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. 4006) to clarify

Federal law to prohibit the dispensing or distribution

of a controlled substance for the purpose of causing,

or assisting in causing, the suicide, or euthanasia, of

any individual.

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. 4006) to clarify Federal law to pro-
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1 hibit the dispensing or distribution of a controlled sub2 stance for the purpose of causing, or assisting in causing,

3 the suicide, or euthanasia, of any individual. The first

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

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

6 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank7 ing minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary.

8 After general debate the bill shall be considered for

9 amendment under the five-minute rule for a period not

10 to exceed three hours. It shall be in order to consider as

11 an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the

12 five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub13 stitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary

14 now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the

15 nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. During

16 consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of

17 the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec18 ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an

19 amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of

20 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in

21 clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be

22 considered as read. The chairman of the Committee of the

23 Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further con24 sideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

25 a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five
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1 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

2 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

3 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

4 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques5 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider6 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

7 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

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

9 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

10 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the commit11 tee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous

12 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

13 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

14 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in15 structions.
House Calendar No. 246

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 535

[Report No. 105–712]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4006)

suicide, or euthanasia, of any individual.purpose of causing, or assisting in causing, theor distribution of a controlled substance for theto clarify Federal law to prohibit the dispensing

SEPTEMBER 14, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed