IV
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 240
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1660) to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the construction
and renovation of public schools and to provide tax incentives for corpora-
tions to participate in cooperative agreements with public schools in
distressed areas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 1, 1999
Mr. RANGEL submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1660) to amend
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incen-
tives for the construction and renovation of public schools
and to provide tax incentives for corporations to partici-
pate in cooperative agreements with public schools in
distressed areas.
Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this
resolution, the House of Representatives shall without
intervention of any point of order resolve into the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for
consideration of the bill (H.R. 1660) to amend the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for
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the construction and renovation of public schools and to
provide tax incentives for corporations to participate in co-
operative agreements with public schools in distressed
areas. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.
General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not
exceed 90 minutes, with 60 minutes to be equally divided
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Ways and Means and 30
minutes to be equally divided and controlled by the chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Education and the Workforce. After general debate the
bill shall be considered for amendment under the 5-minute
rule and shall be considered as read. No amendment to
the bill shall be in order except those relating to the alloca-
tion of the volume limitation on the tax-subsidized financ-
ing made available in the bill. The Chairman of the Com-
mittee of the Whole may—
(1) postpone until a time during further consid-
eration in the Committee of the Whole a request for
a recorded vote on any amendment; and
(2) reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for
electronic voting on any postponed question that fol-
lows another electronic vote without intervening
business: Provided, That the minimum time for elec-
tronic voting on the first in any series of questions
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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 of Representa-
tives 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 1
motion to recommit with or without instructions.
SEC. 2. FAILURE OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO REACH
RESOLUTION ON BILL.
If the Committee of the Whole rises and reports that
it has come to no resolution on the bill, then on the next
legislative day the House of Representatives shall, imme-
diately after the third daily order of business under clause
1 of rule XIV, resolve into the Committee of the Whole
for further consideration of the bill.
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