[House Report 106-326]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    106-326

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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1875, INTERSTATE CLASS ACTION 
                        JURISDICTION ACT OF 1999

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 September 21, 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. 295]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 295, 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. 1875, 
the ``Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1999,'' 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 provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now 
printed in the bill be considered as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment. The rule provides that the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute shall be open for amendment by 
section.
    The rule provides for the consideration of pro forma 
amendments and those amendments preprinted in the Congressional 
Record, which may be offered only by the Member who caused it 
to be printed or his designee, and shall be considered as read. 
The rule 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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