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House Calendar No. 64

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 195

[Report No. 106–166]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1401) to authorize appropriations

for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for military activities of the Department

of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal years

2000 and 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 27 (legislative day, MAY 26), 1999

Mrs. MYRICK, 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 bill (H.R. 1401) to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for

military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal years 2000

and 2001, and for the purposes.

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 bill (H.R. 1401) to authorize appropriations
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1 for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for military activities of

2 the Department of Defense, to prescribe military per3 sonnel strengths for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for

4 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis5 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of

6 the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to

7 the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and

8 controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member

9 of the Committee on Armed Services. After general debate

10 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five11 minute rule.

12 SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi13 nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five14 minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute

15 recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now

16 printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in

17 part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom18 panying this resolution. That amendment in the nature

19 of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of

20 order against that amendment in the nature of a sub21 stitute are waived.

22 (b) No further amendment to the amendment in the

23 nature of a substitute made in order as original text shall

24 be in order except the amendments printed in the report

25 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution,
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1 amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolu2 tion, and pro forma amendments offered by the chairman

3 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed

4 Services for the purpose of debate.

5 (c) Except as specified in section 5 of this resolution,

6 each amendment printed in the report of the Committee

7 on Rules shall be considered only in the order printed in

8 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated

9 in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall not

10 be subject to a demand for division of the question in the

11 House or in the Committee of the Whole. Unless otherwise

12 specified in the report, each amendment printed in the re13 port shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and

14 controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not

15 be subject to amendment (except that the chairman and

16 ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed

17 Services each may offer one pro forma amendment for the

18 purpose of further debate on any pending amendment).

19 (d) All points of order against amendments printed

20 in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments

21 en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived.

22 (e) The first time after the legislative day of May 27,

23 1999, the Speaker declares the House resolved into the

24 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union

25 for further consideration of H.R. 1401 an additional pe-
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1 riod of general debate shall be in order, which shall be

2 confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally

3 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi4 nority member of the Committee on Armed Services.

5 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair6 man of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee

7 to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments

8 printed in part C of the report of the Committee on Rules

9 not earlier disposed of or germane modifications of any

10 such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant

11 to this section shall be considered as read (except that

12 modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for 20

13 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman

14 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed

15 Services or their designees, shall not be subject to amend16 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division

17 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the

18 Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in such amendments

19 en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of a motion

20 to strike may be modified to the form of a germane per21 fecting amendment to the text originally proposed to be

22 stricken. The original proponent of an amendment in23 cluded in such amendments en bloc may insert a state24 ment in the Congressional Record immediately before the

25 disposition of the amendments en bloc.
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1 SEC. 4. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole

2 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider3 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re4 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

5 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

6 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

7 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

8 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques9 tions shall be 15 minutes.

10 SEC. 5. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

11 may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed

12 in the report of the Committee on Rules out of the order

13 printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman

14 of the Committee on Armed Services or a designee an15 nounces from the floor a request to that effect.

16 SEC. 6. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill

17 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the

18 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been

19 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the

20 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of

21 the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature

22 of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous

23 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

24 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening
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1 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in2 structions.

House Calendar No. 64

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 195

[Report No. 106–166]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1401)

other purposes.strengths for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and forment of Defense, to prescribe military personneland 2001 for military activities of the Departto authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000

MAY 27 (legislative day, MAY 26), 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed