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House Calendar No. 81
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 235
[Report No. 106–214]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10) to enhance competition
in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework
for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service
providers, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 30, 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. 10) to enhance
competition in the financial services industry by pro-
viding a prudential framework for the affiliation of
banks, securities firms, and other financial service pro-
viders, 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. 10) to enhance competition in the
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financial services industry by providing a prudential
framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms,
and other financial service providers, and for other pur-
poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.
All points of order against consideration of the bill are
waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and
shall not exceed 90 minutes, with 45 minutes equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on Banking and Financial
Services and 45 minutes equally divided and controlled by
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Commerce. After general debate the bill shall
be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
In lieu of the amendments 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 consisting of the text of the
Rules Committee Print dated June 24, 1999. That
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid-
ered as read. All points of order against that amendment
in the nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment
to that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be
in order except those printed in the report of the Com-
mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in
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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 amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute made in order as original text. The previous ques-
tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amend-
ments thereto to final passage without intervening motion
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except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions.
House Calendar No. 81
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 235
[Report No. 106–214]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10) to
enhance competition in the financial services in-
dustry by providing a prudential framework for
the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and
other financial service providers, and for other
purposes.
JUNE 30, 1999
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed