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House Calendar No. 113
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 295
[Report No. 106–326]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1875) to amend title 28, United
States Code, to allow the application of the principles of Federal diversity
jurisdiction to interstate class actions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
Mr. LINDER, 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. 1875) to amend
title 28, United States Code, to allow the application
of the principles of Federal diversity jurisdiction to inter-
state class actions.
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. 1875) to amend title 28, United
States Code, to allow the application of the principles of
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Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions.
The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Gen-
eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee on
the Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be consid-
ered 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 recommended by the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. Each sec-
tion of the committee amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute shall be considered as read. No amendment to the
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall
be in order except those printed in the portion of the Con-
gressional Record designated for that purpose in clause
8 of rule XVIII and except pro forma amendments for
the purpose of debate. Each amendment so printed may
be offered only by the Member who caused it to be printed
or his designee and shall be considered as read. The Chair-
man 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 amend-
ment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time
for electronic voting on any postponed question that fol-
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lows another electronic vote without intervening business,
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
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. 113
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 295
[Report No. 106–326]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1875)
to amend title 28, United States Code, to allow
the application of the principles of Federal diver-
sity jurisdiction to interstate class actions.
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed