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House Calendar No. 159
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 390
[Report No. 105–460]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2589) to amend the provisions
of title 17, United States Code, with respect to the duration of copyright,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 24, 1998
Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2589) to amend
the provisions of title 17, United States Code, with re-
spect to the duration of copyright, and for other pur-
poses.
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. 2589) to amend the provisions of
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title 17, United States Code, with respect to the duration
of copyright, and for other purposes. 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 mi-
nority 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 sub-
stitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary
now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the
nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. No
amendment to the committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute shall be in order unless printed in the por-
tion of the Congressional Record designated for that pur-
pose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Points of order against
the amendment printed in the Congressional Record and
numbered 1 pursuant to clause 6 of rule XXIII for failure
to comply with clause 7 of rule XVI are waived. The chair-
man 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-
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lows another electronic vote without intervening business,
provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on
the first of any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.
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.
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.
House Calendar No. 159
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 390
[Report No. 105–460]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2589)
to amend the provisions of title 17, United States
Code, with respect to the duration of copyright,
and for other purposes.
MARCH 24, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed