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House Calendar No. 53
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 166
[Report No. 106–134]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 775) to establish certain proce-
dures for civil actions brought for damages relating to the failure of
any device or system to process or otherwise deal with the transition
from the year 1999 to the year 2000, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 11, 1999
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. 775) to establish
certain procedures for civil actions brought for damages
relating to the failure of any device or system to process
or otherwise deal with the transition from the year 1999
to the year 2000, and for other purposes.
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. 775) to establish certain procedures
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for civil actions brought for damages relating to the failure
of any device or system to process or otherwise deal with
the transition from the year 1999 to the year 2000, 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 con-
trolled 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 rec-
ommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed
in the bill, modified by the amendments printed in part
1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying
this resolution. That amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute shall be considered as read. 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 Com-
mittee on Rules. 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 considered
as read, shall be debatable for the first time specified in
the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent
and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment ex-
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cept as specified in the report, 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 Com-
mittee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during
further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re-
quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re-
duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot-
ing on any postponed question that follow another elec-
tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the
minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se-
ries 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. 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 amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order
as original text. 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. 53
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 166
[Report No. 106–134]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 775)
to establish certain procedures for civil actions
brought for damages relating to the failure of
any device or system to process or otherwise deal
with the transition from the year 1999 to the
year 2000, and for other purposes.
MAY 11, 1999
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed