[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 110 (Friday, July 30, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H6740-H6741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




MAKING IN ORDER ON AUGUST 3, 1999, OR ANY DAY THEREAFTER, CONSIDERATION 
      OF H.J. RES. 58, REGARDING JACKSON-VANIK WAIVER FOR VIETNAM

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order 
at any time on August 3, 1999, or any day thereafter, to consider in 
the House the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 58) disapproving the 
extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam; that the joint resolution be 
considered as read for amendment; that all points of order against the 
joint resolution and against its consideration be waived; that the 
joint resolution be debatable for 1 hour, equally divided and 
controlled by the

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chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in opposition to the joint 
resolution and a Member in support of the joint resolution; that 
pursuant to sections 152 and 153 of the Trade Act of 1974, the previous 
question be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to final 
passage without intervening motion; and that the provisions of section 
152 and 153 of the Trade Act of 1974 shall not otherwise apply to any 
joint resolution disapproving the extension of the waiver authority 
contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to 
Vietnam for the remainder of the first session of the 106th Congress.
  It is the intention of this unanimous consent request that the 1 hour 
of debate be yielded fairly between members of the majority and 
minority parties on both sides of this issue.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.

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