[House Report 106-27]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





106th Congress                                                   Report
  1st Session           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 106-27

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       PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 438, THE WIRELESS 
              COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC SAFETY ACT OF 1999

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 February 23, 1999.--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. 76]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 76, 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. 438, 
the ``Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999'' 
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 Commerce.
    The rule waives points of order against consideration of 
the bill for failure to comply with clause 4(a) of rule XIII 
(requiring a three-day layover of the committee report). The 
Commerce Committee report was filed on Tuesday, February 23, 
and the bill will possibly be considered on the floor as early 
as Wednesday, February 24.
    The rule makes in order the Committee on Commerce amendment 
in the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment and provides that 
each section shall be considered as read.
    The Chair is authorized 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. 
Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit, with or 
without instructions.

                                
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