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House Calendar No. 230
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 440
[Report No. 104–590]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3448) to provide tax relief
for small businesses, to protect jobs, to create opportunities, to increase
the take home pay of workers, and for other purposes, and for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 1227) to amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of
1947 relating to the payment of wages to employees who use employer
owned vehicles.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 21, 1996
Mr. SOLOMON, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3448) to provide
tax relief for small businesses, to protect jobs, to create
opportunities, to increase the take home pay of workers,
and for other purposes, and for consideration of the
bill (H.R. 1227) to amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of
1947 relating to the payment of wages to employees
who use employer owned vehicles.
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution
it shall be in order without intervention of any point of
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order (except those arising under section 425(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974) to consider in the
House the bill (H.R. 3448) to provide tax relief for small
businesses, to protect jobs, to create opportunities, to in-
crease the take home pay of workers, and for other pur-
poses. The amendment in the nature of a substitute rec-
ommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now
printed in the bill shall be considered as read. All points
of order against the committee amendment (except those
arising under section 425(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974) are waived. The bill and the amendment shall
be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Ways and Means. The previous question
shall be considered as ordered on the bill and the amend-
ment to final passage without intervening motion except
one motion to recommit with or without instructions. The
yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered on the ques-
tion of passage of the bill and on any conference report
thereon. Clause 5(c) of rule XXI shall not apply to the
bill, amendments thereto, or conference reports thereon.
SEC. 2. After disposition of H.R. 3448 it shall be in
order without intervention of any point of order (except
those arising under section 425(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974) to consider in the House the bill
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(H.R. 1227) to amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947
relating to the payment of wages to employees who use
employer owned vehicles. The amendment in the nature
of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Eco-
nomic and Educational Opportunities now printed in the
bill, modified by the amendment printed in section 3 of
this resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill,
as amended, and any further amendment thereto to final
passage without intervening motion except: (1) ninety
minutes of debate on the bill, which shall be equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on Economic and Edu-
cational Opportunities; (2) the further amendment printed
in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution, which may be offered only by Rep-
resentative Riggs of California or his designee, shall be
in order without intervention of any point of order (except
those arising under section 425(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974), shall be considered as read, shall
be separately debatable for ninety minutes equally divided
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques-
tion; (3) the further amendment printed in part 2 of the
report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this reso-
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lution, which may be offered only by Representative Good-
ling of Pennsylvania or his designee, shall be in order with-
out intervention of any point of order (except those arising
under section 425(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974), shall be considered as read, shall be separately de-
batable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the
proponent and an opponent, and on which the question
shall be divided between the proposed subsection 3(d) and
the remainder of the proposed section 3 (and shall not
otherwise be subject to a demand for division of the ques-
tion); and (4) one motion to recommit with or without in-
structions.
SEC. 3. The amendment in the nature of a substitute
recommended by the Committee on Economic and Edu-
cational Opportunities now printed in H.R. 1227 is modi-
fied by the following amendment: Immediately after the
enacting clause insert the following new section (and re-
designate succeeding sections accordingly):
‘‘SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the ‘Employee
Commuting Flexibility Act of 1996’. ’’.
SEC. 4. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 3448, the
Clerk shall—
(1) await the disposition of H.R. 1227 pursuant
to section 2 of this resolution;
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(2) add the text of H.R. 1227, as passed by the
House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 3448;
(3) conform the title of H.R. 3448 to reflect the
addition of the text of H.R. 1227 to the engross-
ment;
(4) assign appropriate designations to titles
within the engrossment; and
(5) conform provisions for short titles within
the engrossment.
(b) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 1227 to
the engrossment of H.R. 3448, H.R. 1227 shall be laid
on the table.
House Calendar No. 230
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 440
[Report No. 104–590]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3448)
to provide tax relief for small businesses, to pro-
tect jobs, to create opportunities, to increase the
take home pay of workers, and for other pur-
poses, and for consideration of the bill (H.R.
1227) to amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947
relating to the payment of wages to employees
who use employer owned vehicles.
MAY 21, 1996
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed