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House Calendar No. 33

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 131

[Report No. 106–77]

Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 68)

establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government

for fiscal year 2000 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for

each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2009.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 24, 1999

Mr. LINDER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;

which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H.

Con. Res. 68) establishing the congressional budget for

the United States Government for fiscal year 2000 and

setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of

the fiscal years 2001 through 2009.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of

3 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 68) estab-
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1 lishing the congressional budget for the United States

2 Government for fiscal year 2000 and setting forth appro3 priate budgetary levels for each of the fiscal years 2001

4 through 2009. The first reading of the concurrent resolu5 tion shall be dispensed with. Points of order against con6 sideration of the concurrent resolution for failure to com7 ply with clause 4(a) of rule XIII are waived. General de8 bate shall not exceed three hours, with two hours of gen9 eral debate confined to the congressional budget equally

10 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi11 nority member of the Committee on the Budget, and one

12 hour of general debate on the subject of economic goals

13 and policies divided and controlled by Representative

14 Saxton of New Jersey and Representative Stark of Cali15 fornia or their designees. After general debate the concur16 rent resolution shall be considered for amendment under

17 the five-minute rule. The amendment specified in part 1

18 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying

19 this resolution shall be considered as adopted in the House

20 and in the Committee of the Whole. The concurrent reso21 lution, as amended, shall be considered as read. No fur22 ther amendment shall be in order except those printed in

23 part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each

24 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in

25 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated
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1 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat2 able for 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the

3 proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to

4 amendment. All points of order against the amendments

5 printed in the report are waived except that the adoption

6 of an amendment in the nature of a substitute shall con7 stitute the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent

8 resolution for amendment. After the conclusion of consid9 eration of the concurrent resolution for amendment and

10 a final period of general debate, which shall not exceed

11 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman

12 and ranking minority member of the Committee on the

13 Budget, the Committee shall rise and report the concur14 rent resolution, as amended, to the House with such fur15 ther amendment as may have been adopted. The previous

16 question shall be considered as ordered on the concurrent

17 resolution and amendments thereto to final adoption with18 out intervening motion except amendments offered by the

19 chairman of the Committee on the Budget pursuant to

20 section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of

21 1974 to achieve mathematical consistency. The concurrent

22 resolution shall not be subject to a demand for division

23 of the question of its adoption.
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1 SEC. 2. Rule XXIII shall not apply with respect to

2 the adoption by the Congress of a concurrent resolution

3 on the budget for fiscal year 2000.

House Calendar No. 33

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 131

[Report No. 106–77]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the concurrent resoyears 2001 through 2009. propriate budgetary levels for each of the fiscal ment for fiscal year 2000 and setting forth ap- gressional budget for the United States Govern- lution (H. Con. Res. 68) establishing the conMARCH 24, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed