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House Calendar No. 61

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 184

[Report No. 105–180]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2158) making appropriations

for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, commissions, corporations,

and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 14, 1997

Mr. LINDER, 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. 2158) making

appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs

and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry

independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998,

and for other purposes.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of

3 rule XXIII, 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. 2158) making appropriations for

3 the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and

4 Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies,

5 commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year

6 ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes. The

7 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of

8 order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply

9 with clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI, clause 7 of rule XXI, or

10 section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are

11 waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and

12 shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled

13 by the chairman and ranking minority member of the

14 Committee on Appropriations. After general debate the

15 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five16 minute rule. Points of order against provisions in the bill

17 for failure to comply with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are

18 waived except as follows: on page 25, line 17, through

19 page 27, line 4; beginning with ‘‘: Provided’’ on page 28,

20 line 20, through ‘‘loans’’ on page 29, line 11; beginning

21 with ‘‘: Provided’’ on page 48, line 3, through ‘‘program’’

22 on line 7; and on page 76, line 7 through line 12. Where

23 points of order are waived against part of a paragraph,

24 points of order against a provision in another part of such

25 paragraph may be made only against such provision and
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1 not against the entire paragraph. The amendments print2 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying

3 this resolution may be offered only by a Member des4 ignated in the report and only at the appropriate point

5 in the reading of the bill, shall be considered as read, shall

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

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

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

9 the amendments printed in the report are waived. During

10 consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of

11 the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec12 ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an

13 amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of

14 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in

15 clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be

16 considered as read. The Chairman of the Committee of

17 the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further

18 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

19 a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

20 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

21 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

22 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

23 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques24 tions shall be fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of consid25 eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise
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1 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

2 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall

3 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

4 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

5 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

House Calendar No. 61

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 184

[Report No. 105–180]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2158)

other purposes.cal year ending September 30, 1998, and forcommissions, corporations, and offices for the fisopment, and for sundry independent agencies,Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develmaking appropriations for the Departments of

JULY 14, 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed