H. Res. 441

In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

May 20, 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 further consideration of the bill (H.R. 3616) to authorize appropriations for

fiscal year 1999 for military activities of the Department of

Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal

year 1999, and for other purposes. No further general debate

shall be in order. The bill shall be considered for amendment

under the five-minute rule.

SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an original

bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule

the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by

the Committee on National Security now printed in the bill.

The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall

be considered as read. All points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived.
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(b) No amendment to the committee amendment in the

nature of a substitute shall be in order except the amendments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution.

(c) Except as specified in section 5 of this resolution,

each amendment printed in the report of the Committee on

Rules shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall not be subject to

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

Committee of the Whole. Unless otherwise specified in the report, each amendment printed in the report shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not be subject to amendment (except that the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on National Security each may offer

one pro forma amendment for the purpose of further debate

on any pending amendment).

(d) All points of order against amendments printed in

the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments en bloc

described in section 3 of this resolution are waived.

(e)(1) Consideration of the amendments in part A of the

report of the Committee on Rules shall begin with an additional period of general debate, which shall be confined to the
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subject of the policy of the United States with respect to the

People’s Republic of China and shall not exceed two hours

equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking

minority member of the Committee on National Security.

(2) Consideration of the amendments in part C of the

report of the Committee on Rules shall begin with an additional period of general debate, which shall be confined to the

subject of the assignment of members of the armed forces to

assist in border control and shall not exceed 30 minutes

equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking

minority member of the Committee on National Security.

SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman

of the Committee on National Security or his designee to

offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed

in part D of the report of the Committee on Rules not earlier

disposed of germane modifications of any such amendment.

Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be

considered as read (except that modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and

controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

the Committee on National Security or their designees, shall

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

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

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

amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of
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a motion to strike may be modified to the form of a germane

perfecting amendment to the text originally proposed to be

stricken. The original proponent of an amendment included

in such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the

Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of

the amendments en bloc.

SEC. 4. 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 amendments; 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 15 minutes.

SEC. 5. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed in

the report of the Committee on Rules out of the order printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman of the

Committee on National Security or a designee announces

from the floor a request to that effect.

SEC. 6. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for

amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill 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 in the Committee of the Whole to
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the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a

substitute. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage

without intervening motion except one motion to recommit

with or without instructions.

Attest:

Clerk.