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House Calendar No. 51
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 158
[Report No. 106–126]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 833) to amend title 11 of
the United States Code, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 4, 1999
Mr. SESSIONS, 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. 833) to amend
title 11 of the United States Code, 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. 833) to amend title 11 of the United
States Code, and for other purposes. The first reading of
the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order against
consideration of the bill for failure to comply with section
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302 or section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 are waived. 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. The committee amendment in the nature of
a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of order
against the committee amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute are waived. No amendment to the committee
amendment in the nature of a substitute 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 debatable 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 divi-
sion of the question in the House or in the Committee
of the Whole. All points of order against the amendments
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printed in the report are waived. The chairman 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 amendment;
and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec-
tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an-
other electronic vote without intervening business, pro-
vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the
first in any series 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 committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute. The previous question shall be considered as
ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final pas-
sage without intervening motion except one motion to re-
commit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 51
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 158
[Report No. 106–126]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 833)
to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and
for other purposes.
MAY 4, 1999
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed