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House Calendar No. 51
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 188
[Report No. 107–135]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2356) to amend the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 12 (legislative day, JULY 11), 2001
Mr. REYNOLDS, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2356) to amend
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide
bipartisan campaign reform.
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. 2356) to amend the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan cam-
paign reform. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
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pensed with. All points of order against consideration of
the bill are waived. 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 House Administration. After general
debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under
the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered as read.
No amendment to the bill 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. 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. 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.
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SEC. 2. After passage of H.R. 2356, it shall be in
order to consider in the House S. 27. All points of order
against the Senate bill and against its consideration are
waived. It shall be in order to move to strike all after the
enacting clause of the Senate bill and to insert in lieu
thereof the provisions of H.R. 2356 as passed by the
House. All points of order against that motion are waived.
If the motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as amended,
is passed, then it shall be in order to move that the House
insist on its amendment to S. 27 and request a conference
with the Senate thereon.
House Calendar No. 51
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 188
[Report No. 107–135]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2356)
to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform.
JULY 12 (legislative day, JULY 11), 2001
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed