[House Report 105-498]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     105-498
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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3546, THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON 
                      SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 1998

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   April 28, 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. 410]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 410, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

               brief summary of provisions of resolution

    This resolution provides for the consideration in the House 
without the intervention of any point of order of H.R. 3546, 
the ``National Dialogue on Social Security Act of 1998'' under 
a modified closed rule. The rule provides three hours of debate 
divided equally between the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Ways and Means. The rule provides 
that the amendment recommended by the Committee on Ways and 
Means now printed in the bill, modified by the amendments 
printed in this report, shall be considered as adopted.
    The rule provides for consideration of an amendment printed 
in the Congressional Record, if offered by Representative 
Rangel or his designee, which shall be considered as read and 
shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled 
by the proponent and an opponent.
    Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit, with 
or without instructions.
    Text of amendments modifying the amendment in the nature of 
a substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means:
    Page 3, line 22, insert ``, and to promote nationwide 
participation in,'' after ``operations of''.
    Page 4, line 20, strike ``50'' and insert ``54''.
    Page 4, line 22, strike ``25'' and insert ``27''.
    Page 6, line 5, strike ``and''.
    Page 6, line 7, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
    Page 6, insert after line 7 the following:
          (Z) National Association of Manufacturers; and
          (AA) National Association for the Self-Employed.
    Page 7, beginning on line 14, strike ``shall, to the extent 
practicable, and as soon as possible after the date of the 
enactment of this Act,'' and insert ``may, in connection with 
the National Dialogue,''.
    Page 7, beginning on line 19, strike ``shall include, but 
not be limited to,'' and insert ``include, but are not limited 
to,''.
    Page 8, beginning on line 2, strike ``required under'' and 
insert ``described in''.
    Page 8, line 5, insert after ``site,'' the following: 
``which may include, but is not limited to, personal financial 
planning, Federal budget impact exercises, ongoing public 
opinion tallies regarding legislative proposals, moderated chat 
rooms, and threaded newsgroups,''.
    Page 8, strike line 8.
    Beginning on page 9, line 25, and continuing on page 10, 
line 1, strike ``in writing''.
    Page 10, beginning on line 3, strike ``by the 
participants'' and all that follows through ``offices'' 
beginning on line 4.

                                
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