[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 454 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                         April 4, 2000.
    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. 2418) to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend 
programs relating to organ procurement and transplantation. 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 Commerce. 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 Commerce 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.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.