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House Calendar No. 69
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 209
[Report No. 106–186]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1501) to provide grants to
ensure increased accountability for juvenile offenders, and for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2122) to require background checks at gun
shows, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 16 (legislative day, JUNE 15), 1999
Mr. DREIER, 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. 1501) to provide
grants to ensure increased accountability for juvenile of-
fenders, and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2122)
to require background checks at gun shows, and for
other purposes.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 1501) to provide grants to ensure
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increased accountability for juvenile offenders. The first
reading of the bill shall be dispersed with. General debate
shall be confined to the bill and the amendments made
in order by this resolution and shall not exceed one hour
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary.
After general debate the bill shall be considered for
amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be
considered as read. No amendment to the bill shall be in
order except those printed in part A of the report of the
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Except
as otherwise specified in this resolution, each amendment
may be offered only in the order printed in part A of the
report. Each amendment may be offered only by a Mem-
ber designated in the report, shall be considered as read,
shall be debatable for the time specified in the report
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an
opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as
specified in the report, and shall not be subject to a de-
mand for division of the question in the House or in the
Committee of the Whole. All points of order against the
amendments printed in the report are waived. The chair-
man of the Committee of the Whole may recognize for con-
sideration of any amendment printed in part A of the re-
port out of the order printed, but not sooner than one
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hour after the chairman of the Committee on the Judici-
ary or a designee announces from the floor a request to
that effect. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole
may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider-
ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re-
corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five
minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any
postponed question that follows another electronic vote
without intervening business, provided that the minimum
time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider-
ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise
and report the bill to the House with such amendments
as may have been adopted. The previous question shall
be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except
one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
SEC. 2. At any time after the adoption of this resolu-
tion the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of
the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2122) to require background checks
at gun shows, and for other purposes. The first reading
of the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall
be confined to the bill and the amendments made in order
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by this resolution and shall not exceed one hour equally
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment
under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered
as read. No amendment to the bill shall be in order except
those printed in part B of the report of the Committee
on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each amendment
may be offered only in the order printed in part B of the
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in
the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable
for the time specified in the report equally divided and
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not
be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a
demand for division of the question in the House or in
the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against
the amendments printed in the report are waived. The
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post-
pone until a time during further consideration in the Com-
mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any
amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum
time for electronic voting on any postponed question that
follows another electronic vote without intervening busi-
ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting
on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.
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At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend-
ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the
House with such amendments as may have been adopted.
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on
the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without
intervening motion except one motion to recommit with
or without instructions.
SEC. 3. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 1501, the
Clerk shall—
(1) await the disposition of H.R. 2122;
(2) add the text of H.R. 2122, as passed by the
House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 1501;
(3) conform the title of H.R. 1501 to reflect the
addition of the text of H.R. 2122 to the engross-
ment;
(4) assign appropriate designations to provi-
sions within the engrossment; and
(5) conform provisions for short titles within
the engrossment.
(b) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 2122 to
the engrossment of H.R. 1501, H.R. 2122 shall be laid
on the table.
House Calendar No. 69
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 209
[Report No. 106–186]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1501)
to provide grants to ensure increased account-
ability for juvenile offenders, and for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2122) to require back-
ground checks at gun shows, and for other pur-
poses.
JUNE 16 (legislative day, JUNE 15), 1999
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed