H.Res. 450, Rule for Getting the Trade Bill to Conference

Publication Date: June 2002

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Government

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On June 19, 2002, the House Rules Committee reported H.Res. 450, a special rule providing for the adoption of a further House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3009, the Andean trade bill. H.Res. 450, as reported, provides that the vote to agree to the special rule is simultaneously a vote also (1) to agree to the Senate amendment with a further House amendment (the text of this amendment is contained in H.Rept. 107-518, the report accompanying the rule) and (2) to insist upon the House amendment, disagree to the Senate amendment, and request a conference with the Senate. This report describes the key features of this special rule and the parliamentary effect its adoption may have.