[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H. Res. 423 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 House Calendar No. 169
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 423

                          [Report No. 106-498]

 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2366) to provide small 
 businesses certain protections from litigation excesses and to limit 
       the product liability of nonmanufacturer product sellers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2000

    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. 2366) to provide small 
 businesses certain protections from litigation excesses and to limit 
       the product liability of nonmanufacturer product sellers.

    Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution 
the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the 
House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2366) to provide small 
businesses certain protections from litigation excesses and to limit 
the product liability of nonmanufacturer product sellers. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 169

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              H. RES. 423

                          [Report No. 106-498]

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                               RESOLUTION

 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2366) to provide small 
 businesses certain protections from litigation excesses and to limit 
       the product liability of nonmanufacturer product sellers.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           February 15, 2000

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed