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House Calendar No. 215

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 485

[Report No. 105–597]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4104) making appropriations

for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the

Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies,

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 23, 1998

Mr. MCINNIS, 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. 4104) making

appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United

States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, 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. 4104) making appropriations for
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1 the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Serv2 ice, the Executive Office of the President, and certain

3 Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Septem4 ber 30, 1999, and for other purposes. The first reading

5 of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order against

6 consideration of the bill for failure to comply with clause

7 2(l)(6) of rule XI or clause 7 of rule XXI are waived. Gen8 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex9 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair10 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

11 Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be con12 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The

13 amendments printed in part 1 of the report of the Com14 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be con15 sidered as adopted in the House and in the Committee

16 of the Whole. Points of order against provisions in the

17 bill, as amended, for failure to comply with clause 2 or

18 6 of rule XXI are waived except as follows: page 104, line

19 14, through page 106, line 12. The amendments printed

20 in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules may

21 be offered only by a Member designated in the report and

22 only at the appropriate point in the reading of the bill,

23 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time

24 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by

25 the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to
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1 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi2 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee

3 of the Whole. All points of order against the amendments

4 printed in the report are waived. During consideration of

5 the bill for further amendment, the Chairman of the Com6 mittee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on

7 the basis of whether the Member offering an amendment

8 has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congres9 sional Record designated for that purpose in clause 6 of

10 rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered

11 as read. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole

12 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider13 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re14 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

15 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

16 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

17 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

18 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques19 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider20 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

21 and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such

22 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous

23 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

24 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening
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1 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in2 structions.

House Calendar No. 215

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 485

[Report No. 105–597]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4104)

tember 30, 1999, and for other purposes.pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sepecutive Office of the President, and certain Indement, the United States Postal Service, the Exmaking appropriations for the Treasury DepartJUNE 23, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed