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House Calendar No. 160
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 391
[Report No. 105–461]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2578) to amend the Immigration
and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to
provide for the collection of data with respect to the number of non-
immigrants who remain in the United States after the expiration of
the period of stay authorized by the Attorney General.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 24, 1998
Mrs. MYRICK, 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. 2578) to amend
the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the visa
waiver pilot program, and to provide for the collection
of data with respect to the number of non-immigrants
who remain in the United States after the expiration
of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney General.
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
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of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2578) to amend the Immigration
and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver pilot pro-
gram, and to provide for the collection of data with respect
to the number of non-immigrants who remain in the
United States after the expiration of the period of stay
authorized by the Attorney General. The first reading of
the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be
confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. After
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment
under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered
as read. No amendment to the bill shall be in order unless
printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des-
ignated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. 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-
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ment 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
intervening motion except one motion to recommit with
or without instructions.
SEC. 2. After passage of H.R. 2578, it shall be in
order to consider in the House S. 1178. It shall be in order
to move that the House strike all after the enacting clause
of the Senate bill and insert in lieu thereof the provisions
of H.R. 2578 as passed by the House.
House Calendar No. 160
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 391
[Report No. 105–461]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2578)
to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to
extend the visa waiver pilot program, and to pro-
vide for the collection of data with respect to the
number of non-immigrants who remain in the
United States after the expiration of the period
of stay authorized by the Attorney General.
MARCH 24, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed