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House Calendar No. 40

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 159

[Report No. 105–115]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1757) to consolidate international

affairs agencies, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State

and related agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 and for other

purposes, and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1758) to ensure that

the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

proceeds in a manner consistent with the United States interests, to

strengthen relations between the United States and Russia, to preserve

the prerogatives of the Congress with respect to certain arms control

agreements, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 3, 1997

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

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RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1757) to consolidate international affairs agencies, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 and for other purposes, and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1758)

to ensure that the enlargement of the North Atlantic

Treaty Organization (NATO) proceeds in a manner con-
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sistent with the United States interests, to strengthen

relations between the United States and Russia, to preserve the prerogatives of the Congress with respect to

certain arms control agreements, 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. 1757) to consolidate international

6 affairs agencies, to authorize appropriations for the De7 partment of State and related agencies for fiscal years

8 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes. The first reading

9 of the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall

10 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal11 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi12 nority member of the Committee on International Rela13 tions. After general debate the bill shall be considered for

14 amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be

15 considered by title rather than by section. Each title of

16 the bill shall be considered as read. The Chairman of the

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

18 during further consideration in the Committee of the

19 Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment;

20 and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec21 tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an22 other electronic vote without intervening business, pro-
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1 vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the

2 first in any series of questions shall be fifteen minutes.

3 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend4 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

5 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

6 The previous question shall be considered on the bill and

7 amendments thereto of final passage without intervening

8 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in9 structions.

10 SEC. 2. After disposition of H.R. 1757 it shall be in

11 order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 1758) to

12 ensure that the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty

13 Organization (NATO) proceeds in a manner consistent

14 with the United States interests, to strengthen relations

15 between the United States and Russia, to preserve the pre16 rogatives of the Congress with respect to certain arms con17 trol agreements, and for other purposes. The bill shall be

18 debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by

19 the Chairman and ranking minority member of the Com20 mittee on International Relations. The previous question

21 shall be considered as ordered on the bill to final passage

22 without intervening motion except one motion to recom23 mit.

24 SEC. 3. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 1757, the

25 Clerk shall—
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1 (1) await the disposition of H.R. 1758 pursuant

2 to section 2 of this resolution;

3 (2) Add the text of H.R. 1758, as passed by the

4 House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 1757;

5 (3) conform the title of H.R. 1757 to reflect the

6 addition of the text of H.R. 1758 to the engross7 ment;

8 (4) assign appropriate designations to titles

9 within the engrossment; and

10 (5) conform provisions for short titles within

11 the engrossment.

12 (b) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 1758 to

13 the engrossment of H.R. 1757, H.R. 1758 shall be laid

14 on the table.

House Calendar No. 40

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 159

[Report No. 105–115]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1757)

and for other purposes.with respect to certain arms control agreements,sia, to preserve the prerogatives of the Congressen relations between the United States and Rusent with the United States interests, to strengthnization (NATO) proceeds in a manner consistenlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Orgaeration of the bill (H.R. 1758) to ensure that theand 1999 and for other purposes, and for considState and related agencies for fiscal years 1998authorize appropriations for the Department ofto consolidate international affairs agencies, to

JUNE 3, 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

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