IV
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 486
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3605) to amend the Public
Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers
in managed care plans and other health coverage.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 23, 1998
Mr. GANSKE (for himself, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. BERRY, and Mr. FORBES) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Rules
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3605) to amend
the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care
plans and other health coverage.
Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this
resolution the House shall resolve into the Committee of
the Whole House on the State of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 3605) to amend the Public Health
Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
protect consumers in managed care plans and other health
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coverage. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed
with. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall
not exceed 90 minutes, with 60 minutes equally divided
and controlled by the chairman and ranking member of
the Committee on Commerce, and 30 minutes equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking member
of the Committee on Education and the Workforce. After
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment
under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read.
No amendment shall be in order except the amendments
in the nature of a substitute specified in section 2 of this
resolution. Each amendment may be offered only in the
order designated, may be offered only by the Member des-
ignated or his designee, shall be considered as read, shall
be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled
by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be sub-
ject to amendment. All points of order against the amend-
ments specified in section 2 are waived (except those aris-
ing under clause 7 of rule XVI). If more than one amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute is adopted, then only
the one receiving the greater number of affirmative votes
shall be considered as finally adopted and reported to the
House. In the case of a tie for the greater number of af-
firmative votes, then only the last amendment to receive
that number of affirmative votes shall be considered as
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finally adopted and reported to the House. 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 amend-
ment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time
for electronic voting on any postponed question that fol-
lows another electronic vote without intervening business,
provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on
the first series of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the
conclusion of consideration 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. The amendments described in the first sec-
tion of this resolution are as follows:
(1) an amendment in the nature of a substitute
by Representatives Dingell of Michigan and Ganske
of Iowa, printed in the Congressional Record pursu-
ant to clause 6 of rule XXIII; and
(2) an amendment in the nature of a substitute
by Representative Norwood of Georgia, printed in
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the Congressional Record pursuant to clause 6 of
rule XXIII.
SEC. 3. If the Committee of the Whole rises on any
day without coming to a final resolution on the bill, the
House shall immediately after the third daily order of
business under clause 1 of rule XXIV, resolve itself into
the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union
for further consideration of the bill.
SEC. 4. It shall not be in order for the House to con-
sider any resolution that waives or supersedes any provi-
sion of this resolution.
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