[House Report 105-463]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
 2d Session             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                105-463
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 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3246, THE FAIRNESS FOR SMALL 
                   BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEES ACT OF 1998

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   March 25, 1998.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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    Mr. Dreier, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 393]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 393, 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. 3246, 
the ``Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act of 1998'' 
under a structured rule. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate divided equally between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce.
    The rule makes in order only the amendment printed in this 
report. The rule also provides that the amendment made in order 
shall be considered only in the order specified, 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 a division of the question in 
the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
    Further, the rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of 
the Whole to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, 
and to 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.

 summary of the amendment made in order under the rule for H.R. 3246, 
        the fairness to small business and employees act of 1998

    Goodling--20 minutes: Clarifies that under Title I, so long 
as someone is or was a ``bona fide'' applicant, that the 
individual enjoys each and every right provided by the National 
Labor Relations Act, including the Section 7 rights, some of 
which are the ``right to self-organization, to form, join, or 
assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through 
representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other 
concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining 
or other mutual aid or protection''.

      1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Goodling of 
         Pennsylvania, or a Designee, Debatable for 20 Minutes.

    Page 4, line 17, before the first period, insert ``, 
including the right to self-organization, to form, join, or 
assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through 
representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other 
concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining 
or other mutual aid or protection''.

                                

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