[House Report 107-374]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     107-374

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2146, TWO STRIKES AND YOU'RE OUT 
                          CHILD PROTECTION ACT

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   March 12, 2002.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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 Mr. Diaz-Balart, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 366]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 366, 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. 2146, 
to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide life 
imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses 
against children, under an open rule. The rule provides one 
hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 
Judiciary. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill.
    The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now 
printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for 
the purpose of amendment. The rule provides that the amendment 
in the nature of a substitute shall be considered open to 
amendment at any point. The rule authorizes the Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole to accord priority in recognition to 
Members who have preprinted their amendments in the 
Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions.
    The waiver of all points of order includes a waiver of 
clause 4(a) of rule XIII (requiring a three-day layover of the 
committee report), which is needed because the committee report 
was not filed until Tuesday, March 12 and the bill may be 
considered by the House as early as Thursday, March 14.

                                  
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