[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 270 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                      October 22, 1997.
    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 consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 2247) to reform the statutes relating to Amtrak, to authorize 
appropriations for Amtrak, and for other purposes. 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 
minority member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 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 
recommended by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in 
the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
considered as read. No amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute shall be in order except those printed in the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution and an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute by Representative Oberstar of Minnesota. The amendment by 
Representative Oberstar may be offered only after the disposition of the 
amendments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules, shall be considered 
as read, shall be debatable for thirty minutes equally divided and controlled by 
the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment. The 
amendments printed in the report may be offered only by a Member designated in 
the report, shall be considered 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 except as specified in the report, 
and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House 
or in the Committee of the Whole. 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 questions shall 
be fifteen minutes. At 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. 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.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.