[House Report 105-460]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
 2d Session             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                105-460
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   PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2589, THE COPYRIGHT TERM 
                             EXTENSION ACT

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   March 24, 1998.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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 Mr. Diaz-Balart, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 390]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 390, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

               BRIEF SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 2589, 
the ``Copyright Term Extension Act'' under a modified open 
rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate divided 
equally between the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on the Judiciary.
    The rule makes in order the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment and provides that it 
will be considered as read.
    The rule provides that no amendment to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute will be in order unless 
printed in the Congressional Record. The rule waives points of 
order against the amendment by Mr. Sensenbrenner printed in the 
Congressional Record and numbered 1 for failure to comply with 
clause 7 of rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane amendments).
    The rule allows the chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and reduce 
voting time to five minutes on a postponed question if the vote 
follows a fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rule provides for 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

                                
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