[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 645 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                          May 18, 2004.
    Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to 
consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2728) to amend the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 to provide for adjudicative flexibility with regard to an 
employer filing of a notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by 
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The bill shall be considered 
as read for amendment. The amendment recommended by the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, to 
final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the 
bill, as amended, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce; and (2) one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions.
    Sec. 2. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to 
consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2729) to amend the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 to provide for greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission. The bill shall be considered as read for 
amendment. The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill, modified by 
the amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, to final 
passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the bill, 
as amended, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce; and (2) one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions.
    Sec. 3. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to 
consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2730) to amend the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 to provide for an independent review of citations issued by 
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The bill shall be considered 
as read for amendment. The amendment recommended by the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in 
part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, 
shall be considered as adopted. The previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on the bill, as amended, to final passage without intervening motion 
except: (1) one hour of debate on the bill, as amended, equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
    Sec. 4. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to 
consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2731) to amend the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 to provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to very 
small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of 
citations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The bill shall 
be considered as read for amendment. The amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the 
bill, modified by the amendment printed in part C of the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, to 
final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the 
bill, as amended, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce; and (2) one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions.
    Sec. 5. 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. 2432) to amend the Paperwork Reduction Act and titles 5 and 31, 
United States Code, to reform Federal paperwork and regulatory processes. The 
first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order against 
consideration of the bill for failure to comply with clause 4(a) of rule XIII 
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 Government Reform. 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 Government Reform 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 part D of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
resolution. Each such 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 such amendments are waived. 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.
    Sec. 6. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 2728, the Clerk shall--
            (1) await the disposition of all the bills contemplated in sections 
        2-5;
            (2) add the respective texts of all the bills contemplated in 
        sections 2-5, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 
        2728;
            (3) conform the title of H.R. 2728 to reflect the addition to the 
        engrossment of the text of all the bills contemplated in sections 2-5 
        that have passed the House;
            (4) assign appropriate designations to provisions within the 
        engrossment; and
            (5) conform provisions for short titles within the engrossment.
    (b) Upon the addition to the engrossment of H.R. 2728 of the text of the 
bills contemplated in sections 2-5 that have passed the House, such bills shall 
be laid on the table.
    (c) If H.R. 2728 is disposed of without reaching the stage of engrossment as 
contemplated in subsection (a), the bill that first passes the House as 
contemplated in section 2-5 shall be treated in the manner specified for H.R. 
2728 in subsections (a) and (b), and only the other bills contemplated in 
sections 2-5 that have passed the House shall be laid on the table.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.