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House Calendar No. 10
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 75
[Report No. 106–26]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 409) to improve the effectiveness
and performance of Federal financial assistance programs, simplify Fed-
eral financial assistance application and reporting requirements, and im-
prove the delivery of services to the public.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 23, 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. 409) to improve
the effectiveness and performance of Federal financial
assistance programs, simplify Federal financial assistance
application and reporting requirements, and improve the
delivery of services to the public.
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. 409) to improve the effectiveness
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and performance of Federal financial assistance programs,
simplify Federal financial assistance application and re-
porting requirements, and improve the delivery of services
to the public. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed 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 Government Reform. After general de-
bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the
five-minute rule. Each section of the bill shall be consid-
ered as read. During consideration of the bill for amend-
ment, the chairman 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 print-
ed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated
for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. 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 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
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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. The
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the
bill and amendments thereto to final passage without in-
tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or
without instructions.
House Calendar No. 10
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 75
[Report No. 106–26]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 409)
to improve the effectiveness and performance of
Federal financial assistance programs, simplify
Federal financial assistance application and re-
porting requirements, and improve the delivery of
services to the public.
FEBRUARY 23, 1999
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed