[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H. Res. 441 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 House Calendar No. 177
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 441

                          [Report No. 106-525]

  Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2372) to simplify and 
expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose rights 
 and privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have been 
  deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other government 
   officials or entities acting under color of State law; to prevent 
Federal courts from abstaining from exercising Federal jurisdiction in 
actions where no State law claim is alleged; to permit certification of 
 unsettled State law questions that are essential to resolving Federal 
 claims arising under the Constitution; and to clarify when government 
 action is sufficiently final to ripen certain Federal claims arising 
                        under the Constitution.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2000

Ms. Pryce of Ohio, 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. 2372) to simplify and 
expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose rights 
 and privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have been 
  deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other government 
   officials or entities acting under color of State law; to prevent 
Federal courts from abstaining from exercising Federal jurisdiction in 
actions where no State law claim is alleged; to permit certification of 
 unsettled State law questions that are essential to resolving Federal 
 claims arising under the Constitution; and to clarify when government 
 action is sufficiently final to ripen certain Federal claims arising 
                        under the Constitution.

    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. 2372) to simplify and 
expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose rights 
and privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have been 
deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other government 
officials or entities acting under color of State law; to prevent 
Federal courts from abstaining from exercising Federal jurisdiction in 
actions where no State law claim is alleged; to permit certification of 
unsettled State law questions that are essential to resolving Federal 
claims arising under the Constitution; and to clarify when government 
action is sufficiently final to ripen certain Federal claims arising 
under the Constitution. 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. 177

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              H. RES. 441

                          [Report No. 106-525]

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                               RESOLUTION

  Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2372) to simplify and 
expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose rights 
 and privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have been 
  deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other government 
   officials or entities acting under color of State law; to prevent 
Federal courts from abstaining from exercising Federal jurisdiction in 
actions where no State law claim is alleged; to permit certification of 
 unsettled State law questions that are essential to resolving Federal 
 claims arising under the Constitution; and to clarify when government 
 action is sufficiently final to ripen certain Federal claims arising 
                        under the Constitution.

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                             March 15, 2000

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed