[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H. Res. 542 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 House Calendar No. 251
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 542

                          [Report No. 106-709]

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1304) to ensure and 
   foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the 
  antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of health care 
professionals and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same 
      manner as such laws apply to collective bargaining by labor 
         organizations under the National Labor Relations Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2000

     Mr. Goss, 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. 1304) to ensure and 
   foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the 
  antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of health care 
professionals and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same 
      manner as such laws apply to collective bargaining by labor 
         organizations under the National Labor Relations Act.

    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 on the state of the 
Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1304) to ensure and foster 
continued patient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust 
laws apply to negotiations between groups of health care professionals 
and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as 
such laws apply to collective bargaining by labor organizations under 
the National Labor Relations Act. The first reading of the bill shall 
be dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of the 
bill are waived. 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. All points of order 
against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute are 
waived. 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. 251

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              H. RES. 542

                          [Report No. 106-709]

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                               RESOLUTION

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1304) to ensure and 
   foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the 
  antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of health care 
professionals and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same 
      manner as such laws apply to collective bargaining by labor 
         organizations under the National Labor Relations Act.

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                             June 28, 2000

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed