[House Report 106-575]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-575

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 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3439, THE RADIO BROADCASTING 
                        PRESERVATION ACT OF 2000

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   April 12, 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. 472]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 472, 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. 3439, 
the Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act of 2000, 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 Commerce.
    The rule makes in order the Committee on Commerce amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, now printed in the bill, as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment. The rule also 
waives clause 7 of rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane amendments) 
against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
The rule further provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute shall be open for amendment at any point. Members 
who have preprinted their amendments in the Congressional 
Record prior to their consideration will be given priority in 
recognition to offer their amendments if otherwise consistent 
with House rules. 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.
    The waiver of clause 7 of rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane 
amendments) against the Committee on Commerce amendment in the 
nature of a substitute is necessary because the substitute 
includes provisions in section two that were not included in 
the original bill.

                                  
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