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House Calendar No. 50

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 169

[Report No. 105–137]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1119) to authorize appropriations

for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for military activities of the Department

of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal years

1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 19 (legislative day, JUNE 18), 1997

Mr. SOLOMON, 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. 1119) to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for

military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal years 1998

and 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. 1119) to authorize appropriations
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1 for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for military activities of

2 the Department of Defense, to prescribe military person3 nel strengths for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other

4 purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed

5 with. All points of order against consideration of the bill

6 are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill

7 and the amendments made in order by this resolution and

8 shall not exceed two hours equally divided and controlled

9 by the chairman and ranking minority member of the

10 Committee on National Security. After general debate the

11 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five12 minute rule.

13 SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi14 nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five15 minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute

16 recommended by the Committee on National Security now

17 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na18 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points

19 of order against the committee amendment in the nature

20 of a substitute are waived.

21 (b) No amendment to the committee amendment in

22 the nature of a substitute shall be in order except the

23 amendments printed in the report of the Committee on

24 Rules accompanying this resolution and amendments en

25 bloc described in section 3 of this resolution.
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1 (c) Except as specified in section 5 of this resolution,

2 each amendment printed in the report of the Committee

3 on Rules shall be considered only in the order printed in

4 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated

5 in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall not

6 be subject to a demand for division of the question in the

7 House or in the Committee of the Whole. Unless otherwise

8 specified in the report, each amendment printed in the re9 port shall be debatable for ten minutes equally divided and

10 controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not

11 be subject to amendment (except that the chairman and

12 ranking minority member of the Committee on National

13 Security each may offer one pro forma amendment for the

14 purpose of further debate on any pending amendment).

15 (d) All points of order against amendments printed

16 in the report of the Committee on Rules and amendments

17 en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived.

18 (e) Consideration of the first two amendments in part

19 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules shall begin with

20 an additional period of general debate, which shall be con21 fined to the subject of United States forces in Bosnia and

22 shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled

23 by the chairman and ranking minority member of the

24 Committee on National Security.
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1 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair2 man of the Committee on National Security or his des3 ignee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amend4 ments printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee

5 on Rules not earlier disposed of or germane modifications

6 of any such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pur7 suant to this section shall be considered as read (except

8 that modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable

9 for twenty minutes equally divided and controlled by the

10 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

11 on National Security or their designees, shall not be sub12 ject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand

13 for division of the question in the House or in the Commit14 tee of the Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in such

15 amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the form

16 of a motion to strike may be modified to the form of a

17 germane perfecting amendment to the text originally pro18 posed to be stricken. The original proponent of an amend19 ment included in such amendments en bloc may insert a

20 statement in the Congressional Record immediately before

21 the disposition of the amendment en bloc.

22 SEC. 4. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

23 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider24 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re25 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five
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1 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

2 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

3 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

4 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques5 tions shall be fifteen minutes.

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

7 may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed

8 in the report of the Committee on Rules out of the order

9 printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman

10 of the Committee on National Security or a designee an11 nounces from the floor a request to that effect.

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

13 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the

14 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been

15 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the

16 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of

17 the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in

18 the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be

19 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto

20 to final passage without intervening motion except one

21 motion to recommit with or without instructions.

22 SEC. 7. House Resolutions 161, 162, and 165 are laid

23 on the table.
House Calendar No. 50

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 169

[Report No. 105–137]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1119)

other purposes.strengths for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and forment of Defense, to prescribe military personneland 1999 for military activities of the Departto authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998

JUNE 19 (legislative day, JUNE 18), 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed