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House Calendar No. 87

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 247

[Report No. 106–235]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2415) to enhance security of

United States missions and personnel overseas, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 2000, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 14, 1999

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, 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. 2415) to enhance security of United States missions and personnel

overseas, to authorize appropriations for the Department

of State for fiscal year 2000, 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. 2415) to enhance security of United
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1 States missions and personnel overseas, to authorize ap2 propriations for the Department of State for fiscal year

3 2000, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill

4 shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be confined

5 to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided

6 and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority

7 member of the Committee on International Relations.

8 After general debate the bill shall be considered for

9 amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be

10 considered as read. Before consideration of any other

11 amendment it shall be in order to consider the first

12 amendment printed in part A of the report of the Com13 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution, if offered

14 by Representative Gilman or his designee. That amend15 ment shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for

16 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the pro17 ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend18 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division

19 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the

20 Whole. All points of order against that amendment are

21 waived. After disposition of that amendment, the provi22 sions of the bill as then amended shall be considered as

23 original text for the purpose of further amendment under

24 the five-minute rule. No further amendment to the bill

25 shall be in order except those printed in the report of the
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1 Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and

2 amendments en bloc described in section 2 of this resolu3 tion. Each amendment printed in the report of the Com4 mittee on Rules may be offered only in the order printed

5 in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated

6 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat7 able for the time specified in the report equally divided

8 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall

9 not be subject to amendment except as specified in the

10 report, and shall not be subject to a demand for division

11 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the

12 Whole. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may:

13 (1) postpone until a time during further consideration in

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

15 on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the

16 minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed

17 question that follows another electronic vote without inter18 vening business, provided that the minimum time for elec19 tronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall

20 be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consideration of the

21 bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report

22 the bill to the House with such amendments as may have

23 been adopted. The previous question shall be considered

24 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final
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1 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

2 recommit with or without instructions.

3 SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chair4 man of the Committee on International Relations or his

5 designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amend6 ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee

7 on Rules not earlier disposed of or germane modifications

8 of any such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pur9 suant to this section shall be considered as read (except

10 that modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable

11 for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair12 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

13 International Relations or their designees, shall not be

14 subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de15 mand for division of the question in the House or in the

16 Committee of the Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in

17 such amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the

18 form of a motion to strike may be modified to the form

19 of a germane perfecting amendment to the text originally

20 proposed to be stricken. The original proponent of an

21 amendment included in such amendments en bloc may in22 sert a statement in the Congressional Record immediately

23 before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.

24 SEC. 3. After passage of H.R. 2415, it shall be in

25 order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill S. 886 and
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1 to consider the Senate bill in the House. All points of

2 order against the Senate bill and against its consideration

3 are waived. It shall be in order to move to strike all after

4 the enacting clause of the Senate bill and to insert in lieu

5 thereof the provisions of H.R. 2415 as passed by the

6 House. All points of order against that motion are waived.
House Calendar No. 87

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 247

[Report No. 106–235]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2415)

2000, and for other purposes.tions for the Department of State for fiscal yearand personnel overseas, to authorize appropriato enhance security of United States missions

JULY 14, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed