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House Calendar No. 216

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 489

[Report No. 105–601]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4112) making appropriations

for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30,

1999, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 24, 1998

Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, 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. 4112) making

appropriations for the Legislative Branch 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. 4112) making appropriations for

6 the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending Septem-
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1 ber 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 3 or 7 of rule XXI, or section

5 401 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived.

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

7 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the

8 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

9 on Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be

10 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule and

11 shall be considered as read. Points of order against provi12 sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 or 6

13 of rule XXI are waived except as follows: page 10, line

14 1 through line 10. No amendment shall be in order except

15 those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac16 companying this resolution. Each amendment maybe con17 sidered only in the order printed in the report, may be

18 offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall

19 be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec20 ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the

21 proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to

22 amendment. All points of order against amendments

23 printed in the report are waived. The chairman of the

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

25 during further consideration in the Committee of the
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1 Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment;

2 and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec3 tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an4 other electronic vote without intervening business, pro5 vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the

6 first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. At

7 the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment

8 the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House

9 with such amendments as may have been adopted. The

10 previous question shall be considered as ordered on the

11 bill and amendments thereto to final passage without in12 tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or

13 without instructions.
House Calendar No. 216

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 489

[Report No. 105–601]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4112)

and for other purposes.for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999,making appropriations for the Legislative Branch

JUNE 24, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed