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House Calendar No. 54

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 167

[Report No. 106–136]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1555) to authorize appropriations

for fiscal year 2000 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities

of the United States Government, the Community Management Account,

and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 12, 1999

Mr. GOSS, 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. 1555) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for intelligence

and intelligence-related activities of the United States

Government, the Community Management Account, and

the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, 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
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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 1555) to authorize appropriations

3 for fiscal year 2000 for intelligence and intelligence-re4 lated activities of the United States Government, the Com5 munity Management Account, and the Central Intelligence

6 Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other

7 purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed

8 with. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall

9 not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the

10 chairman and ranking minority member of the Permanent

11 Select Committee on Intelligence. After general debate the

12 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five13 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original

14 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute

15 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec16 ommended by the Permanent Select Committee on Intel17 ligence now printed in the bill. The committee amendment

18 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered by title

19 rather than by section. Each title shall be considered as

20 read. Points of order against the committee amendment

21 in the nature of a substitute for failure to comply with

22 clause 7 of rule XVI are waived. No amendment to the

23 committee in the nature of a substitute shall be in order

24 except those printed in the portion of the Congressional

25 Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule
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1 XVIII and except pro forma amendments for the purpose

2 of debate. Each amendment so printed may be offered only

3 by the Member who caused it to be printed or his designee

4 and shall be considered as read. The chairman of the Com5 mittee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

6 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re7 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re8 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot9 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec10 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

11 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se12 ries of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion

13 of consideration of the bill for amendments the Committee

14 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such

15 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may

16 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment

17 adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to

18 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.

19 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

20 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without

21 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

22 or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 54

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 167

[Report No. 106–136]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1555)

tem, and for other purposes.ligence Agency Retirement and Disability Sysnity Management Account, and the Central Intelof the United States Government, the Commufor intelligence and intelligence-related activitiesto authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000

MAY 12, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed