[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 283 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                      October 29, 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. 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 the bill for failure to comply with section 306 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General debate shall be confined to 
the bill and shall not exceed 80 minutes, with 60 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Commerce and 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority 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 substitute recommended by the 
Committee on Commerce now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the 
nature 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 
printed 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 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 Congressional 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 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 15 minutes. After a 
motion that the Committee rise has been rejected on a day, the Chairman may 
entertain another such motion 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 another such motion during further consideration of the bill. 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.
    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.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.