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House Calendar No. 176

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 420

[Report No. 105–511]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3694) to authorize appropriations

for fiscal year 1999 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities

of the United States Government, the Community Management Account,

and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 6, 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. 3694) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for intelligence

and intelligence-related activities of the United States

Government, the Community Management Account, and

the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, 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
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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 3694) to authorize appropriations

3 for fiscal year 1999 for intelligence and intelligence-relat4 ed activities of the United States Government, the Com5 munity Management Account, and the Central Intelligence

6 Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other

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

8 with. Points of order against consideration of the bill for

9 failure to comply with clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI are waived.

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

11 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the

12 chairman and ranking minority member of the Permanent

13 Select Committee on intelligence. After general debate the

14 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five15 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original

16 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute

17 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec18 ommended by the Permanent Select Committee on Intel19 ligence now printed in the bill, modified by striking section

20 401 (and redesignating succeeding sections accordingly).

21 That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be

22 considered by title rather than by section. Each title shall

23 be considered as read. Points of order against that amend24 ment in the nature of a substitute for failure to comply

25 with clause 7 of rule XVI or clause 5(b) of rule XXI are
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1 waived. No amendment to that amendment in the nature

2 of a substitute shall be in order unless printed in the por3 tion of the Congressional Record designated for that pur4 pose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Printed amendments shall

5 be considered as read. The chairman of the Committee

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

7 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

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

9 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

10 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

11 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

12 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques13 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider14 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

15 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

16 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a

17 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

18 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or the amend19 ment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi20 nal text. The previous question shall be considered as or21 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage

22 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit

23 with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 176

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 420

[Report No. 105–511]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3694)

tem, and for other purposes.ligence Agency Retirement and Disability Sysnity Management Account, and the Central Intelof the United States Government, the Commufor intelligence and intelligence-related activitiesto authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999

MAY 6, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed