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House Calendar No. 55

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 178

[Report No. 105–156]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2016) making appropriations

for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September

30, 1998, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 26, 1997

Mrs. MYRICK, 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. 2016) making

appropriations for military construction, family housing,

and base realignment and closure for the Department

of Defense 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. 2016) making appropriations for
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1 military construction, family housing, and base realign2 ment and closure for the Department of Defense for the

3 fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other pur4 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

5 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not

6 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the

7 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

8 on Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be

9 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

10 Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure

11 to comply with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are waived. Dur12 ing consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman

13 of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec14 ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an

15 amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of

16 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in

17 clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be

18 considered as read. The Chairman of the Committee of

19 the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further

20 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

21 a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

22 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

23 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

24 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

25 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
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1 tions shall be fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of consid2 eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

3 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

4 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall

5 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

6 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

7 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 55

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 178

[Report No. 105–156]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2016)

poses.ending September 30, 1998, and for other purfor the Department of Defense for the fiscal yearfamily housing, and base realignment and closuremaking appropriations for military construction,

JUNE 26, 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed