[House Report 106-6]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





106th Congress                                                   Report
  1st Session           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                  106-6

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 350, MANDATES INFORMATION ACT OF 
                                  1999

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  February 3, 1999.--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. 36]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 36, 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 consideration of H.R. 350, the 
Mandates Information Act of 1999, under an open rule providing 
one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Rules. The rule waives points of order against consideration of 
the bill for failure to comply with clause 4(a) of rule XIII 
(requiring a three day layover of the committee report) and 
section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting 
consideration of legislation within the Budget Committee's 
jurisdiction, unless reported by the Budget Committee).
    The rule considers the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Rules, now printed 
in the bill, as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
which is considered as read. The rule also waives points of 
order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute for 
failure to comply with section 306 of the Congressional Budget 
Act.
    The rule further allows the chairman of the Committee of 
the Whole to accord priority in recognition to those members 
who have preprinted their amendments in the Congressional 
Record prior to their consideration. The rule also allows the 
chairman of the Committee of the Whole to postpone recorded 
votes and to reduce to five minutes the voting time on any 
postponed question, provided voting time on the first in any 
series of questions is not less than fifteen minutes. Finally, 
the rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without 
instructions.
    The waiver of clause 4(a) of rule XIII is necessary because 
the report was filed Tuesday, February 2, and the bill is 
expected to be considered on the House floor on Thursday, 
February 4. Consequently, the report will only be available for 
1 day. The waiver of section 306 of the Congressional Budget 
Act is necessary because the bill and the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute both include amendments to the Budget 
Act which is a shared jurisdiction between the Rules Committee 
and the Budget Committee. However, the bill was actually only 
referred to the Rules Committee.

                                
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