[House Report 105-545]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     105-545
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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 119, A JOINT 
   RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED 
   STATES TO LIMIT CAMPAIGN SPENDING, AND FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 
   2183, THE BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN INTEGRITY ACT OF 1997

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May 20, 1998.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 442]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 442, 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 House 
Joint Resolution 119 under an open amending process, providing 
one hour of general debate equally divided between 
Representative DeLay and a Member in favor of the joint 
resolution. The joint resolution shall be considered as read.
    The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have preprinted their amendments in 
the Congressional Record. The rule allows for 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. The rule also provides for one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions.
    Additionally, the rule provides for consideration of H.R. 
2183 under a modified open amending process any time after 
adoption of this rule. The rule provides two hours of general 
debate on H.R. 2183, to be equally divided between the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on House 
Oversight.
    The rule provides for consideration of the amendments in 
the nature of a substitute specified in this report. Each 
amendment in the nature of a substitute may be offered only in 
the order specified, may be offered only by the Member who 
caused it to be printed in the Congressional Record or his 
designee, shall be considered as read, and shall not be subject 
to a substitute amendment or to a perfecting amendment carrying 
a tax or tariff measure. Also, the rule waives all points of 
order against the amendments in the nature of a substitute.
    The rule further provides one hour of general debate at the 
beginning of consideration of each of the amendments in the 
nature of a substitute, which shall be equally divided by the 
Member who caused the amendment to be printed in the 
Congressional Record or his designee and an opponent.
    The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have preprinted their amendments to 
the amendments in the nature of a substitute in the 
Congressional Record.
    The rule provides that if more than one amendment in the 
nature of a substitute is adopted, then only the one receiving 
the greater number of affirmative votes shall be considered as 
finally adopted and reported to the House.
    The rule allows for 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.
    Under section 2 of the resolution accompanying this report, 
the amendments in the nature of a substitute, printed and 
numbered in the Congressional Record pursuant to clause 6 of 
rule XXIII, and the order of their consideration, are as 
follows:
    No. 16: Representative White of Washington, or a designee.
    No. 13: Representative Shays of Connecticut, or a designee.
    No. 1: Representative Bass of New Hampshire, or a designee.
    No. 7: Representative Farr of California, or a designee.
    No. 14: Representative Snowbarger of Kansas, or a designee.
    No. 4: Representative Obey of Wisconsin, or a designee.
    No. 2: Representative Campbell of California, or a 
designee.
    No. 15: Representative Tierney of Massachusetts, or a 
designee.
    No. 12: Representative Bob Schaffer of Colorado, or a 
designee.
    No. 5: Representative Doolittle of California, or a 
designee.
    No. 8: Representative Hutchinson of Arkansas, or a 
designee.

                                
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