[House Report 106-41] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 106th Congress Report 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 106-41 _______________________________________________________________________ PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 707, THE DISASTER MITIGATION AND COST REDUCTION ACT OF 1999 _______ March 3, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______________________________________________________________________ Mr. Goss, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H. Res. 91] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 91, 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 the consideration of H.R. 707, ``The Disaster Mitigation and Cost Reduction Act of 1999,'' 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 Transportation and Infrastructure. The rule waives clause 4(a) of Rule XIII (requiring a three-day layover of the committee report) against consideration of the bill. The waiver is necessary because the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee was not able to file its report until Wednesday, March 3, and the bill may be considered in the House on Thursday, March 4. The rule makes in order the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure amendment in the nature of a substitute as an original bill for the purpose of amendment, which shall be read by title. Members who have preprinted their amendments in the Record prior to their consideration will be given priority in recognition to offer their amendments if otherwise consistent with House rules. The rule allows for the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to postpone votes during the 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.