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House Calendar No. 261
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 560
[Report No. 105–758]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3789) to amend title 28, United
States Code, to enlarge Federal Court jurisdiction over purported class
actions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 1, 1998
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. 3789) to amend
title 28, United States Code, to enlarge Federal Court
jurisdiction over purported class actions.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of
rule XXIII, 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. 3789) to amend title 28, United
States Code, to enlarge Federal Court jurisdiction over
purported class actions. The first reading of the bill shall
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be dispensed with. 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. Each section of the committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read.
During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chair-
man of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority
in recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering
an amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion
of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose
in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall
be considered as read. 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 electronic voting on any
postponed question that follows another electronic vote
without intervening business, provided that the minimum
time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
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tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider-
ation 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 commit-
tee 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 in-
structions.
House Calendar No. 261
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 560
[Report No. 105–758]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3789)
to amend title 28, United States Code, to enlarge
Federal Court jurisdiction over purported class
actions.
OCTOBER 1, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed