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House Calendar No. 67

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 200

[Report No. 106–175]

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

JUNE 8, 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 other 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. The committee amendment in the na17 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points

18 of order against the committee amendment in the nature

19 of a substitute are waived.

20 (b) No amendment to the committee amendment in

21 the nature of a substitute shall be in order except the

22 amendments printed in the report of the Committee on

23 Rules accompanying this resolution, amendments en bloc

24 described in section 3 of this resolution, the amendment

25 by Representative Cox of California printed on June 8,
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1 1999, in the portion of the Congressional Record des2 ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII, and

3 pro forma amendments offered by the chairman and rank4 ing minority member of the Committee on Armed Services

5 for the purpose of debate.

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

7 each amendment printed in the report of the Committee

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

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

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

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

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

13 specified in the report, each amendment printed in the re14 port shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and

15 controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not

16 be subject to amendment (except that the chairman and

17 ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed

18 Services each may offer one pro forma amendment for the

19 purpose of further debate on any pending amendment).

20 (d) All points of order against amendments printed

21 in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments

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

23 (e) Consideration of the last five amendments in part

24 A of the report of the Committee on Rules shall begin

25 with an additional period of general debate, which shall
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1 be confined to the subject of United States policy relating

2 to the conflict in Kosovo, and shall not exceed one hour

3 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank4 ing minority 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 B 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. (a) The Chairman of the Committee of the

11 Whole may recognize for consideration of any amendment

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

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

14 chairman of the Committee on Armed Services or a des15 ignee announces from the floor a request to that effect.

16 (b) Before consideration of any other amendment it

17 shall be in order to consider the amendment printed in

18 the Congressional Record of June 8, 1999, by Representa19 tive Cox of California and described in section 2(b) of this

20 resolution, if offered by Representative Cox or his des21 ignee. That amendment shall be considered as read, shall

22 be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled

23 by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject

24 to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for

25 division of the question in the House or in the Committee
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1 of the Whole. All points order against that amendment

2 are waived.

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

4 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the

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

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

7 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of

8 the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in

9 the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be

10 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto

11 to final passage without intervening motion except one

12 motion to recommit with or without instructions.

13 SEC. 7. After passage of H.R. 1401, it shall be in

14 order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill S. 1059

15 and to consider the Senate bill in the House. All points

16 of order against the Senate bill and against its consider17 ation are waived. It shall be in order to move to strike

18 all after the enacting clause of the Senate bill and to insert

19 in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 1401 as passed by

20 the House. All points of order against that motion are

21 waived.

22 SEC. 8. House Resolution 195 is laid on the table.

House Calendar No. 67

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 200

[Report No. 106–175]

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

JUNE 8, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed