[House Report 106-281]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    106-281

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 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2031, TWENTY-FIRST AMENDMENT 
                            ENFORCEMENT ACT

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   August 2, 1999.--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. 272]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 272, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                  summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 2031, 
the ``Twenty-First Amendment Enforcement Act,'' under a 
modified 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 makes in order as an original bill for purpose of 
amendment the Committee on the Judiciary amendment in the 
nature of a substitute now printed in the bill. The rule 
provides that the bill shall be open for amendment at any point 
and limits the amendment process to two hours.
    The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have preprinted their amendments in 
the Congressional Record. The rule also permits 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 one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.

                                  
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