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House Calendar No. 74

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 199

[Report No. 105–214]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2264) making appropriations

for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,

1998, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 28, 1997

Mr. DREIER, 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. 2264) making

appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health

and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, 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

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 2264) making appropriations for
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1 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,

2 and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year

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

4 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points

5 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen6 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex7 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair8 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

9 Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be con10 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. Points

11 of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply

12 with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are waived except as fol13 lows: beginning with ‘‘: Provided’’ on page 41, line 26,

14 through ‘‘$2,245,000,000’’ on page 42, line 3. Where

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

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

17 paragraph may be made only against such provision and

18 not against the entire paragraph. The amendments print19 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying

20 this resolution may be offered only by a Member des21 ignated in the report and only at the appropriate point

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

23 not be subject to amendment except as specified in the

24 report and except pro forma amendments offered for the

25 purpose of debate, and shall not be subject to a demand
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1 for division of the question in the House or in the Commit2 tee of the Whole. All points of order against the amend3 ments printed in the report are waived. During consider4 ation of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the Com5 mittee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on

6 the basis of whether the Member offering an amendment

7 has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congres8 sional Record designated for that purpose in clause 6 of

9 rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered

10 as read. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

11 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider12 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re13 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

14 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

15 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

16 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

17 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques18 tions shall be fifteen minutes. During consideration of the

19 bill, points of order against amendments for failure to

20 comply with clause 2(e) of rule XXI are waived. At the

21 conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the

22 Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with

23 such amendments as may have been adopted. The previous

24 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

25 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening
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1 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in2 structions.

House Calendar No. 74

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 199

[Report No. 105–214]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2264)

ending September 30, 1998, and other purposes.cation, and related agencies, for the fiscal yearLabor, Health and Human Services, and Edumaking appropriations for the Departments of

JULY 28, 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed