[House Report 105-466]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     105-466
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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3310, SMALL BUSINESS PAPERWORK 
                    REDUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1998

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

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 396]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 396, 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. 3310, 
the ``Small Business Paperwork Reduction Act Amendments of 
1998'' under an open rule. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate divided equally between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight.
    The rule makes in order the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Government Reform 
and Oversight as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
and provides that it will be considered as read.
    The rule waives points of order against consideration of 
the bill for failure to comply with clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI 
(requiring a three-day layover of the committee report) or 
section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting 
consideration of legislation, as reported, providing new budget 
authority, changes in revenues, or changes in the public debt 
for a fiscal year until the budget resolution for that year has 
been agreed to) or section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 
(prohibiting consideration of legislation or an amendment that 
would cause the total level of new budget authority or outlays 
in the most recent budget resolution to be exceeded or would 
cause revenues to be less). The rule waives points of order 
against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 
for failure to comply with section 303 or section 311 of the 
Congressional Budget Act.
    The rule provides that Members who have preprinted their 
amendments in the Congressional Record prior to their 
consideration will be given priority in recognition to offer 
their amendments if otherwise consistent with House rules.
    The rule allows the chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and to 
reduce the 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.