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House Calendar No. 169
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 423
[Report No. 106–498]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2366) to provide small businesses
certain protections from litigation excesses and to limit the product
liability of nonmanufacturer product sellers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 15, 2000
Mr. LINDER, 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. 2366) to provide
small businesses certain protections from litigation ex-
cesses and to limit the product liability of nonmanufac-
turer product sellers.
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. 2366) to provide small businesses
certain protections from litigation excesses and to limit the
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product liability of nonmanufacturer product sellers. 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 divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on the
Judiciary. 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 the Judiciary now printed in the bill. The committee
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid-
ered as read. 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 accom-
panying this resolution. Each amendment may be offered
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 time specified
in the report equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent 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
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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 com-
mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill
and amendments thereto to final passage without inter-
vening motion except one motion to recommit with or
without instructions.
House Calendar No. 169
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 423
[Report No. 106–498]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2366)
to provide small businesses certain protections
from litigation excesses and to limit the product
liability of nonmanufacturer product sellers.
FEBRUARY 15, 2000
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed