[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H. Res. 405 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 House Calendar No. 166
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 405

                          [Report No. 105-476]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2400) to authorize funds 
    for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit 
                   programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 31, 1998

    Mr. Dreier, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2400) to authorize funds 
    for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit 
                   programs, and for other purposes.

    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. 2400) to authorize funds 
for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit 
programs, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall 
be dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of the 
bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and the 
amendments made in order by this resolution and shall not exceed two 
hours and 30 minutes, with two hours equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and 30 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Ways and Means. 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, modified by the amendment recommended by the 
Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill and the amendment 
printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution. That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against that amendment in the 
nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in 
the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 
part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules. 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 first 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. All points of 
order against the amendments printed in the report 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. 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 amendment in the nature of 
a substitute made in order as original text. 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.
                                     

                                                 House Calendar No. 166

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              H. RES. 405

                          [Report No. 105-476]

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                               RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2400) to authorize funds 
    for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit 
                   programs, and for other purposes.

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                             March 31, 1998

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed