[House Report 106-363]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    106-363

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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 764, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND 
                        ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1999

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  October 4, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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Ms. Pryce of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 321]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 321, 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. 764, 
the ``Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement 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 the Judiciary.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill and waives points of order against provisions in 
the bill for failure to comply with clause 4 of rule XXI. The 
rule also provides that the bill shall be open for amendment at 
any point.
    The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to accord priority in recognition to Members who have 
preprinted their amendments in the Congressional Record. The 
rule also allows 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.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill is necessary because the committee report in violation 
of clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII (requiring the inclusion in the 
report of a statement on certain budget matters if the measure 
includes new budget authority or an increase or decrease in 
revenues), clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII (relating to the 
availability of a cost estimate in a report), clause 4(a)(1) of 
rule XIII (requiring a three-day layover of the committee 
report), and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
(requiring a Congressional Budget Office cost estimate in the 
committee report on any legislation containing new budget 
authority or a change in revenues). The waiver of clause 4 of 
rule XXI (prohibiting appropriations in legislative bills) is 
necessary because section 4 of the bill contains an 
appropriation of funds.

                                  
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