[House Report 106-491]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-491

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 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2005, THE WORKPLACE GOODS JOB 
                 GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 1999

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  February 1, 2000.--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. 412]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 412, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                summary of provisions of the resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 2005, 
the Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness 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 makes in order the Committee on the Judiciary 
amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill 
as an original bill for the purpose of amendment, which shall 
be open for amendment at any point. The rule further makes in 
order only those amendments printed in the Congressional Record 
and pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate. Each 
amendment printed in the Congressional Record may be offered 
only by the Member who caused it to be printed or his designee, 
and each amendment shall be considered as read.
    The rule 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 for one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.

                                  
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