H. Res. 190

In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

June 10, 1999.

Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule

XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the

Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of

the bill (H.R. 1905) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,

and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be

dispensed with. Points of order against consideration of the

bill for failure to comply with section 306 or 401 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General debate

shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour

equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking

minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. After

general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered as

read. Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure

to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except as follows: page 18, line 19, through page 19, line 15. No amend-
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ment shall be in order except the amendment printed in

House Report 106–165, the amendment printed in section 2

of this resolution, and pro forma amendments offered by the

chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on

Appropriations or their designees for the purpose of debate.

The amendment printed in the report may be offered only by

a Member designated in the report, and the amendment

printed in section 2 may be offered only by a Member designated in section 2. Each amendment 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. All points of order against the amendment

printed in the report and the amendment printed in section

2 are waived. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

may: (1) postpone until a time during further consideration

in the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote

on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed question

that follows another electronic vote without intervening business, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on

the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. After

a motion that the Committee rise has been rejected on a legislative day, the Chairman may entertain another such mo-
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tion on that day only if offered by the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations or the Majority Leader or their designee. After a motion to strike out the enacting clause (as described in clause 9 of rule XVIII) has been rejected, the

Chairman may not entertain another such motion during further consideration of the bill. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and

report the bill to the House with such amendments as may

have been adopted. The previous question shall be considered

as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

SEC. 2. (a) The amendment described in section 1 of

this resolution is as follows:

On page 38 before line 4 add the following new section:

SEC. ll. Notwithstanding any other provision of this

Act, appropriations under this Act for the following agencies

and activities are reduced by the following respective

amounts:

House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses,

$29,135,000, from which the following accounts are to

be reduced by the following amounts:

House Leadership Offices, $142,000;
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Members’ Representational Allowances Including Members’ Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of

Members, and Official Mail, $28,297,000;

Committee on Appropriations, $213,000; and

Salaries, Officers and Employees, $483,000 to

be derived from other authorized employees.

Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and

Grounds, Capitol Buildings, Salaries and Expenses,

$1,465,000;

Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and

Grounds, House Office Buildings, $3,400,000;

Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and

Grounds, Capitol Power Plant, $4,400,000;

Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, Salaries and Expenses, $315,000;

Government Printing Office, Congressional Printing

and Binding, $4,127,000;

Library of Congress, Salaries and Expenses,

$685,000;

Library of Congress, Furniture and Furnishings,

$5,415,000;

Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and

Grounds, Structural and Mechanical Care, $4,372,000;

and
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General Accounting Office, Salaries and Expenses,

$1,500,000:

Provided, That the amount reduced under House of Representatives, House Leadership Offices, shall be distributed

among the various leadership offices as approved by the Committee on Appropriations: Provided further, That the amount

to remain available under the heading Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and Grounds, Capitol Buildings, Salaries and Expenses, is reduced by $1,465,000; the amount to

remain available under the heading Architect of the Capitol,

Capitol Buildings and Grounds, House Office Buildings, is

reduced by $3,400,000; and the amount to remain available

under the heading Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings

and Grounds, Structural and Mechanical Care, is reduced by

$4,000,000.

(b) The amendment printed in subsection (a) may be offered only by Representative Young of Florida or his designee.

Attest:

Clerk.