H. Res. 455

In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

June 4, 1998.

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. 284) revising the

congressional budget for the United States Government for

fiscal year 1998, establishing the congressional budget for the

United States Government for fiscal year 1999, and setting

forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000,

2001, 2002, and 2003. The first reading of the concurrent

resolution shall be dispensed with. General debate shall not

exceed three hours, with two hours of general debate confined

to the congressional budget equally divided and controlled by

the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

on the Budget, and one hour of general debate on the subject

of economic goals and policies equally divided and controlled

by Representative Saxton of New Jersey and Representative

Stark of California or their designees. After general debate
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the concurrent resolution shall be considered for amendment

under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as

an original concurrent resolution for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature

of a substitute printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. That amendment

in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. All

points of order against that amendment in the nature of a

substitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in

the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each

amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the

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

report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for one

hour equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an

opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment. All points

of order against the amendments printed in the report 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
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electronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any series

of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent resolution for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the concurrent resolution to the

House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on

any amendment adopted by the Committee of the Whole to

the concurrent resolution or to the amendment in the nature

of a substitute made in order as original text. 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. Rule XLIX shall not apply with respect to the

adoption by the Congress of a concurrent resolution on the

budget for fiscal year 1999.

Attest:

Clerk.