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House Calendar No. 120
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 283
[Report No. 105–354]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1270) to amend the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act of 1982.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 28, 1997
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, reported the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered
to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1270) to amend
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.
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. 1270) to amend the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982. The first reading of the bill shall be
dispensed with. Points of order against consideration of
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the bill for failure to comply with section 306 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General debate
shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed eighty
minutes, with sixty minutes equally divided and controlled
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Commerce and twenty minutes equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on Resources. 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 sub-
stitute recommended by the Committee on Commerce now
printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. Points
of order against the committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute for failure to comply with clause 5(a) of
rule XXI or section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 are waived. Notwithstanding clause 5(c) of rule
XXIII, no amendment to the committee amendment in the
nature of a substitute shall be in order except those print-
ed in the report of the Committee 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
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as read, shall be debatable 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. Points
of order against the last amendment printed in the report
of the Committee on Rules for failure to comply with
clause 5(a) of rule XXI or section 306 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. 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 fifteen minutes.
After a motion that the Committee rise has been rejected
on a day, the Chairman may entertain another such mo-
tion on that day only if offered by the majority leader or
his designee. After a motion to strike out the enacting
words of the bill (as described in clause 7 of rule XXIII)
has been rejected, the Chairman may not entertain an-
other such motion during further consideration of the bill.
At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend-
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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.
SEC. 2. After passage of H.R. 1270, it shall be in
order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill, S. 104,
and to consider the Senate bill in the House. Points of
order against consideration of the Senate bill for failure
to comply with section 306 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 are waived. It shall be in order to move to
strike all after the enacting clause of the Senate bill and
to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 1270 as
passed by the House. If the motion is adopted and the
Senate bill, as amended, is passed, then it shall be in order
to move that the House insist on its amendment to S. 104
and request a conference with the Senate thereon.
House Calendar No. 120
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 283
[Report No. 105–354]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1270)
to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.
OCTOBER 28, 1997
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed