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House Calendar No. 155
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 366
[Report No. 106–462]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1714) to facilitate the use
of electronic records and signatures in interstate or foreign commerce.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 8, 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. 1714) to facili-
tate the use of electronic records and signatures in inter-
state or foreign commerce.
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. 1714) to facilitate the use of elec-
tronic records and signatures in interstate or foreign com-
merce. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.
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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 Commerce. After general debate the bill shall be consid-
ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu
of the amendments recommended by the Committees on
Commerce and the Judiciary now printed in the bill, it
shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the
purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an
amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in the
Congressional Record and numbered 1. That amendment
in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read.
No amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute shall be in order except those printed in the report
of the Committee on Rules accompanying 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 considered as read, shall be debat-
able for the time specified in the report equally divided
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall
not be subject to amendment, 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-
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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 follows 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. 155
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 366
[Report No. 106–462]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1714)
to facilitate the use of electronic records and sig-
natures in interstate or foreign commerce.
NOVEMBER 8, 1999
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed