[House Report 105-491]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     105-491
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 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1252, THE JUDICIAL REFORM ACT 
                                OF 1998

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   April 22, 1998.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 408]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 408, 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. 1252, 
the ``Judicial Reform Act 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 the Judiciary.
    The rule waives points of order against consideration of 
the bill for failure to comply with section 303(a) 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).
    The rule makes in order the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now 
printed in the bill, modified by striking section 9 (and 
redesignating succeeding sections accordingly). The rule 
provides that each section of that amendment in the nature of a 
substitute shall be considered as read.
    The rule waives points of order against that amendment in 
the nature of a substitute for failure to comply with clause 7 
of rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane amendments) or section 
303(a) 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.

                                
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