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House Calendar No. 221

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 499

[Report No. 106–613]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 853) to amend the Congressional

Budget Act of 1974 to provide for joint resolutions on the budget,

reserve funds for emergency spending, strengthened enforcement of budgetary decisions, increased accountability for Federal spending, accrual

budgeting for Federal insurance programs, mitigation of the bias in

the budget process toward higher spending, modifications in paygo requirements when there is an on-budget surplus, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 10, 2000

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. 853) to amend

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for

joint resolutions on the budget, reserve funds for emergency spending, strengthened enforcement of budgetary

decisions, increased accountability for Federal spending,

accrual budgeting for Federal insurance programs, mitigation of the bias in the budget process toward higher

spending, modifications in paygo requirements when

there is an on-budget surplus, and for other purposes.
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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. 853) to amend the Congressional

6 Budget Act of 1974 to provide for joint resolutions on the

7 budget, reserve funds for emergency spending, strength8 ened enforcement of budgetary decisions, increased ac9 countability for Federal spending, accrual budgeting for

10 Federal insurance programs, mitigation of the bias in the

11 budget process toward higher spending, modifications in

12 paygo requirements when there is an on-budget surplus,

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

14 be dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the

15 bill and shall not exceed 90 minutes, with 40 minutes

16 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank17 ing minority member of the Committee on the Budget, 30

18 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman

19 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Rules,

20 and 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the

21 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

22 on Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be

23 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In

24 lieu of the amendments recommended by the Committee

25 on the Budget, the Committee on Rules, and the Com-
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1 mittee on Appropriations now printed in the bill, it shall

2 be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose

3 of amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment

4 in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R.

5 4397. That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall

6 be considered as read. No amendment to that amendment

7 in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those

8 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules. Each

9 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in

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

11 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat12 able for the time specified in the report equally divided

13 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall

14 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to

15 a demand for division of the question in the House or in

16 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against

17 the amendments printed in the report are waived. The

18 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post19 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com20 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

21 amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum

22 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

23 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi24 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

25 on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.
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1 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend2 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

3 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

4 Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House

5 on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

6 to the bill or to the amendment in the nature of a sub7 stitute made in order as original text. The previous ques8 tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amend9 ments thereto to final passage without intervening motion

10 except one motion to recommit with or without instruc11 tions.

House Calendar No. 221

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 499

[Report No. 106–613]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 853)

to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974to provide for joint resolutions on the budget, reserve funds for emergency spending, strengthened enforcement of budgetary decisions, increased accountability for Federal spending, accrual budgeting for Federal insurance programs,mitigation of the bias in the budget process toward higher spending, modifications in paygo requirements when there is an on-budget surplus,and for other purposes.

MAY 10, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed