[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 486 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 486

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3605) to amend the Public 
  Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
  1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in 
             managed care plans and other health coverage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 1998

   Mr. Ganske (for himself, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Berry, and Mr. Forbes) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                                on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3605) to amend the Public 
  Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
  1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in 
             managed care plans and other health coverage.

    Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this resolution the 
House shall resolve into the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3605) to amend the 
Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in 
managed care plans and other health coverage. The first reading of the 
bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the 
bill and shall not exceed 90 minutes, with 60 minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on 
Commerce, and 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce. 
After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under 
the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. No amendment 
shall be in order except the amendments in the nature of a substitute 
specified in section 2 of this resolution. Each amendment may be 
offered only in the order designated, may be offered only by the Member 
designated or his designee, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the proponent 
and an opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment. All points of 
order against the amendments specified in section 2 are waived (except 
those arising under clause 7 of rule XVI). If more than one amendment 
in the nature of a substitute is adopted, then only the one receiving 
the greater number of affirmative votes shall be considered as finally 
adopted and reported to the House. In the case of a tie for the greater 
number of affirmative votes, then only the last amendment to receive 
that number of affirmative votes shall be considered as finally adopted 
and reported to the House. 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 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. 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. The amendments described in the first section of this 
resolution are as follows:
            (1) an amendment in the nature of a substitute by 
        Representatives Dingell of Michigan and Ganske of Iowa, printed 
        in the Congressional Record pursuant to clause 6 of rule XXIII; 
        and
            (2) an amendment in the nature of a substitute by 
        Representative Norwood of Georgia, printed in the Congressional 
        Record pursuant to clause 6 of rule XXIII.
    Sec. 3. If the Committee of the Whole rises on any day without 
coming to a final resolution on the bill, the House shall immediately 
after the third daily order of business under clause 1 of rule XXIV, 
resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole on the State of the 
Union for further consideration of the bill.
    Sec. 4. It shall not be in order for the House to consider any 
resolution that waives or supersedes any provision of this resolution.
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