[House Report 107-358]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     107-358

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2356, BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN REFORM 
                              ACT OF 2001

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  February 7, 2002.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 344]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 344, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House without recommendation.

                summary of provisions of the resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 2356, 
to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide 
bipartisan campaign reform, under a structural rule. The rule 
provides one hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on House Administration.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule provides that the bill shall be 
considered for debate on the legislative day following the 
adoption of the resolution immediately after the Pledge of 
Allegiance. The rule provides that no amendment to the bill 
shall be in order except those printed in the Congressional 
Record.
    The rule provides that before consideration of any other 
amendment, it shall be in order to consider the amendments in 
the nature of a substitute as specified in section 2(b) of the 
resolution. The rule provides that each amendment in the nature 
of a substitute that may be offered shall be considered in the 
order specified in section 2(b), shall be offered only by the 
Member specified or his designee, shall be considered as read, 
and shall each be debatable for 40 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent. The rule waives 
all points of order against the amendments in the nature of a 
substitute, except clause 7 of rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane 
amendments) or clause 5(a) of rule XXI (prohibiting tax or 
tariff provisions in a bill not reported by a committee with 
jurisdiction over such measures).
    The rule provides that if more than one amendment in the 
nature of a substitute is adopted, the one receiving the most 
affirmative votes shall be considered as adopted. In the case 
of a tie for the greater number of affirmative votes, only the 
last such amendment to receive that number of affirmative votes 
shall be considered as adopted.
    The rule further provides that after disposition of the 
amendments in the nature of a substitute no other amendment 
shall be in order except those specified in section 3(b) of the 
resolution. The rule provides that the amendments specified in 
section 3(b) may only be offered by the Member designated in 
the resolution or his designee, shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be 
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for 
division of the question in the House or in the Committee of 
the Whole. The rule waives all points of order against the 
amendment specified in section 3(b), except clause 7 of rule 
XVI (prohibiting nongermane amendments) or clause 5(a) of rule 
XXI (prohibiting tax or tariff provisions in a bill not 
reported by a committee with jurisdiction over such measures).
    The rule specifies that on the legislative day on which the 
resolution is adopted a Member must print the amendments 
specified in section 2(b) in the Congressional Record and make 
one announcement from the Floor describing each amendment by 
the number printed in the Congressional Record, which must 
include any amendment the Member intends to offer, but must be 
limited to the number of amendments specified in section 3(b), 
for the bill or for each substitute specified in section 2(b).
    The rule provides that if the Committee of the Whole should 
rise without coming to a resolution on the bill, it shall 
continue consideration immediately after the Pledge of 
Allegiance on each ensuing legislative day until the Committee 
reports the bill back to the House.
    The rule provides that any Member may demand a separate 
vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 
the Whole. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.
    The rule provides that House Resolution 203 is laid on the 
table.
    The waiver of all points of order includes a waiver of 
clause 3(b) of rule XIII (requiring the inclusion in the report 
of any record votes on a motion to report, or on any amendment 
to a bill reported from committee), which is necessary because 
the report failed to contain an accurate report of record 
votes, and clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII (requiring the inclusion 
in the report of a statement of general performance goals and 
objectives for which the measure authorizes funding), which is 
necessary because the report failed to contain a report on 
performance goals. Finally, the waiver includes a waiver of 
clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII (requiring the availability of a 
cost estimate in the report).

                                  
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