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House Calendar No. 251
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 542
[Report No. 106–709]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1304) to ensure and foster
continued patient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust
laws apply to negotiations between groups of health care professionals
and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner
as such laws apply to collective bargaining by labor organizations under
the National Labor Relations Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2000
Mr. GOSS, 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. 1304) to ensure
and foster continued patient safety and quality of care
by making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations be-
tween groups of health care professionals and health
plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner
as such laws apply to collective bargaining by labor orga-
nizations under the National Labor Relations Act.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of
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rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee
of the Whole on the state of the Union for consideration
of the bill (H.R. 1304) to ensure and foster continued pa-
tient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust
laws apply to negotiations between groups of health care
professionals and health plans and health insurance
issuers in the same manner as such laws apply to collective
bargaining by labor organizations under the National
Labor Relations Act. The first reading of the bill shall
be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con-
fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After gen-
eral 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 sub-
stitute recommended 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 substitute 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 Com-
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mittee 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. All points of order against
the amendments printed in the report are waived. The
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post-
pone until a time during further consideration in the Com-
mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any
amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum
time for electronic voting on any postponed question that
follows another electronic vote without intervening busi-
ness, provided 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 amend-
ment 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
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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. 251
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 542
[Report No. 106–709]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1304)
to ensure and foster continued patient safety and
quality of care by making the antitrust laws
apply to negotiations between groups of health
care professionals and health plans and health
insurance issuers in the same manner as such
laws apply to collective bargaining by labor orga-
nizations under the National Labor Relations
Act.
JUNE 28, 2000
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed