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House Calendar No. 100
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 255
[Report No. 105–282]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1370) to reauthorize the Export-
Import Bank of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 29, 1997
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. 1370) to
reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
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. 1370) to reauthorize the Export-
Import Bank of the United States. The first reading of
the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be
confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally
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divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Banking and Finan-
cial Services. After general debate the bill shall be consid-
ered 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 Commit-
tee on Banking and Financial Services now printed in the
bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute shall be considered as read. Points of order against
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute
for failure to comply with clause 7 of rule XVI are waived.
No amendment to the committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in
the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this
resolution. Each amendment may be offered only in the
order printed in the report, 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, and shall
not be subject to a demand for division of the question
in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post-
pone until a time during further consideration in the Com-
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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 fifteen min-
utes. 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. 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 committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute. 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.