H. Res. 152

In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

May 20, 1997.

Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule

XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the

Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of

the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 84) establishing the

congressional budget for the United States Government for

fiscal year 1998 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. The first

reading of the concurrent resolution shall be dispensed with.

All points of order against the concurrent resolution and

against its consideration are waived. General debate shall be

confined to the congressional budget and shall not exceed five

hours and twenty minutes (including one hour on the subject

of economic goals and policies), with five hours equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority

member of the Committee on the Budget and twenty minutes

controlled by Representative Minge of Minnesota or his designee. After general debate the concurrent resolution shall be
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considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The

concurrent resolution shall be considered as read. No amendment shall be in order except the amendments in the nature

of substitutes designated in section 2 of this resolution, if

printed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated

for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Each amendment

may be offered only in the order designated, may be offered

only by a Member designated, shall be considered as read,

shall be debatable for twenty minutes (except as otherwise

provided in section 2) equally divided and controlled by the

proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to

amendment. All points of order against the amendments designated in section 2 are waived except that the adoption of

an amendment in the nature of a substitute shall constitute

the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent resolution

for amendment. The Chairman of the Committee of the

Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed question that follows another electronic vote without

intervening business, provided that the minimum time for

electronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall

be fifteen minutes. After the conclusion of consideration of

the concurrent resolution for amendment, the Committee
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shall rise and report the concurrent resolution to the House

with such amendments as may have been adopted. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the concurrent resolution and amendments thereto to final adoption

without intervening motion except amendments offered by the

chairman of the Committee on the Budget pursuant to section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to

achieve mathematical consistency. The concurrent resolution

shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question

of its adoption.

SEC. 2. The following amendments are in order pursuant

to the first section of this resolution:

(1) the amendment numbered 1, which shall be debatable for one hour;

(2) the amendment numbered 2;

(3) the amendment numbered 3;

(4) the amendment numbered 4; and

(5) the amendment numbered 5.

SEC. 3. Rule XLIX shall not apply with respect to the

adoption by the Congress of a concurrent resolution on the

budget for fiscal year 1998.

Attest:

Clerk.