[House Report 106-55]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]






106th Congress                                                   Report
1st Session             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 106-55

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  PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 975, REDUCING THE VOLUME OF 
    STEEL IMPORTS AND ESTABLISHING A STEEL IMPORT NOTIFICATION AND 
                           MONITORING PROGRAM

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   March 16, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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    Mr. Dreier, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 114]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 114, 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. 975, 
``Reducing the Volume of Steel Imports and Establishing a Steel 
Import Notification and Monitoring Program,'' under a closed 
rule. The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill.
    The rule further provides ninety minutes of debate in the 
House divided equally between the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Ways and Means. Finally, the rule 
provides for one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
    The waiver of all points of order includes the following 
points of order which would lie against consideration of the 
bill. First, the bill violates Section 311(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of 
legislation or an amendment that would cause the total level of 
new budget authority or outlays in the most recent budget 
resolution to be exceeded or would cause revenues to be less). 
According to the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate, if 
enacted, H.R. 975 would cause revenues to be reduced by 
$500,000 in fiscal year 1999, and by $43 million over the 1999 
through 2004 period. Consequently, revenue levels would be 
below those assumed in the budget process for FY 1999. 
Secondly, the bill violates clause 4(a) of Rule XIII (requiring 
a three-day layover of the committee report). The report was 
filed on Monday, March 15, and the bill may be considered as 
early as Wednesday, March 17.

                                
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