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House Calendar No. 166
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 405
[Report No. 105–476]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2400) to authorize funds for
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 31, 1998
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. 2400) to author-
ize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety pro-
grams, and transit programs, and for other purposes.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of
rule XXIII, 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. 2400) to authorize funds for Fed-
eral-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit
programs, and for other purposes. The first reading of the
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bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against
consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall
be confined to the bill and the amendments made in order
by this resolution and shall not exceed two hours and 30
minutes, with two hours equally divided and controlled by
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and 30 min-
utes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and
Means. After general debate the bill shall be considered
for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in
order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of
amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in
the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in the
bill, modified by the amendment recommended by the
Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill
and the amendment printed in part 1 of the report of the
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. That
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid-
ered as read. All points of order against that amendment
in the nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment
to that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be
in order except those printed in part 2 of the report of
the Committee on Rules. Each amendment may be offered
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only in the order printed in the report, may be offered
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be con-
sidered as read, shall be debatable for the first time speci-
fied in the report equally divided and controlled by the
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, 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) postpone until a time during further
consideration in the Committee 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 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. Any Member may demand a
separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted
in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi-
nal text. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage
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without intervening motion except one motion to recommit
with or without instructions.