[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H. Res. 560 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 House Calendar No. 261
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 560

                          [Report No. 105-758]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3789) to amend title 28, 
    United States Code, to enlarge Federal Court jurisdiction over 
                        purported class actions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 1998

    Mr. Linder, 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. 3789) to amend title 28, 
    United States Code, to enlarge Federal Court jurisdiction over 
                        purported class actions.

    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. 3789) to amend title 28, 
United States Code, to enlarge Federal Court jurisdiction over 
purported class actions. 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 the Judiciary. 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 the 
Judiciary now printed in the bill. Each section of the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 
During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis 
of whether the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be printed 
in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose 
in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as 
read. 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 
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.




                                                 House Calendar No. 261

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              H. RES. 560

                          [Report No. 105-758]

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                               RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3789) to amend title 28, 
    United States Code, to enlarge Federal Court jurisdiction over 
                        purported class actions.

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                            October 1, 1998

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed