[House Report 106-559]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-559

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    PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3660, THE PARTIAL-BIRTH 
                        ABORTION BAN ACT OF 2000

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   April 4, 2000.--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. 457]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 457, 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. 3660, 
the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2000, under a closed 
rule. The rule provides two hours of debate in the House 
equally divided between the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit.
    The rule further provides that after passage of H.R. 3660, 
it shall be in order to take from the Speaker's table S. 1692, 
consider it in the House, and to move to strike all after the 
enacting clause and insert the text of H.R. 3660 as passed by 
the House. All points of order against the motion to strike and 
insert are waived. If the motion is adopted and the Senate 
bill, as amended, is passed, then it shall be in order to move 
that the House insist on its amendment and request a 
conference.

                            committee votes

    Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of 
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together 
with the names of those voting for and against, are printed 
below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 93

    Date: April 4, 2000.
    Measure: H.R. 3660, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 
2000.
    Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter.
    Summary of motion: Make in order the Frank (MA) amendment 
which creates an exception to the ban when a partial-birth 
abortion is performed to avert serious adverse long-term 
physical health consequences to the mother.
    Results: Defeated 1 to 6.
    Vote by Members: Linder--Nay, Pryce--Nay, Hastings--Nay, 
Sessions--Nay, Reynolds--Nay, Hall--Nay, and Slaughter--Yea.

Rules Committee record vote No. 94

    Date: April 4, 2000.
    Measure: H.R. 3660, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 
2000.
    Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter.
    Summary of motion: Make in order the Jackson-Lee amendment 
which prohibits any civil action from being taken against any 
woman who has had a ``partial-abortion.''
    Results: Defeated 1 to 6.
    Vote by Members: Linder--Nay, Pryce--Nay, Hastings--Nay, 
Sessions--Nay, Reynolds--Nay, Hall--Nay, and Slaughter--Yea.

Rules Committee record vote No. 95

    Date: April 4, 2000.
    Measure: H.R. 3660, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 
2000.
    Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter.
    Summary of motion: Make in order the Hoyer/Greenwood/
Tauscher/Johnson (CT) amendment that provides a federal ban on 
all post viability abortions, except those needed to preserve 
the woman's life or to avert serious health consequences. It 
would require the doctor to determine--under civil penalty--
whether continuing the pregnancy posed a serious threat to the 
woman's health.
    Results: Defeated 2 to 5.
    Vote by Members: Linder--Nay, Pryce--Yea, Hastings--Nay, 
Sessions--Nay, Reynolds--Nay, Hall--Nay, and Slaughter--Yea.

Rules Committee record vote No. 96

    Date: April 4, 2000.
    Measure: H.R. 3660, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 
2000.
    Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter.
    Summary of motion: Make in order the Edwards amendment that 
bans abortions after fetal viability except in cases when the 
physician concludes in good faith according to his or her best 
medical judgment that the abortion is necessary to prevent the 
death of a woman or to avert a substantial risk of serious 
impairment to her physical or mental health.
    Results: Defeated 1 to 6.
    Vote by Members: Linder--Nay, Pryce--Nay, Hastings--Nay, 
Sessions--Nay, Reynolds--Nay, Hall--Nay, and Slaughter--Yea.

                                  
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