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House Calendar No. 214

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 484

[Report No. 105–596]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4103) making appropriations

for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September

30, 1999, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 23, 1998

Mr. GOSS, 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. 4103) making

appropriations for the Department of Defense for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, 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. 4103) making appropriations for

6 the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep-
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1 tember 30, 1999, and for other purposes. The first reading

2 of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order against

3 consideration of the bill for failure to comply with clause

4 2(l)(6) of rule XI, clause 7 of rule XXI, or section 306

5 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 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. The

11 amendments printed in the report of the Committee on

12 Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as

13 adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.

14 Points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended,

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

16 waived. During consideration of the bill for further amend17 ment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may

18 accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the

19 Member offering an amendment has caused it to be print20 ed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated

21 for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments

22 so printed shall be considered as read. The Chairman of

23 the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a

24 time during further consideration in the Committee of the

25 Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment;
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1 and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec2 tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an3 other electronic vote without intervening business, pro4 vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the

5 first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. Con6 sideration of section 8106 for amendment under the five7 minute rule shall not exceed one hour. At the conclusion

8 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

9 shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the House

10 with such amendments as may have been adopted. The

11 previous question shall be considered as ordered on the

12 bill and amendments thereto to final passage without in13 tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or

14 without instructions.
House Calendar No. 214

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 484

[Report No. 105–596]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4103)

1999, and for other purposes.Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30,making appropriations for the Department of

JUNE 23, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed