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House Calendar No. 230

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 504

[Report No. 105–637]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4193) making appropriations

for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 20, 1998

Mr. HASTINGS, 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. 4193) making

appropriations for the Department of the Interior and

related 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. 4193) making appropriations for

6 the Department of the Interior and related agencies for
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1 the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other

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

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

4 failure to comply with section 306 or 401 the Congres5 sional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General debate

6 shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour

7 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank8 ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

9 After general debate the bill shall be considered for

10 amendment under the five-minute rule. The amendments

11 printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules

12 accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopt13 ed in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.

14 Points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended,

15 for failure to comply with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are

16 waived except as follows: page 88, line 10, through page

17 89, line 6. If an unprotected provision is stricken on a

18 point of order, the Committee of the Whole shall imme19 diately consider the amendment printed in part 2 of the

20 report of the Committee on Rules if offered by Represent21 ative Johnson of Connecticut or her designee. That

22 amendment shall be considered as read, be debatable for

23 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the pro24 ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend25 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division
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1 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the

2 Whole. The amendment printed in part 3 of the report

3 of the Committee on Rules may be offered only by Rep4 resentative Young of Alaska or his designee, may be of5 fered only at the appropriate point in the reading of the

6 bill, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 30

7 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent

8 and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and

9 shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques10 tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All

11 points of order against the amendments printed in the re12 port are waived. During consideration of the bill for fur13 ther amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the

14 Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of

15 whether the Member offering an amendment has caused

16 it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional Record

17 designated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII.

18 Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. The

19 chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post20 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com21 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

22 amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum

23 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

24 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi25 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting
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1 on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.

2 During consideration of the bill, points of order against

3 amendments for failure to comply with clause 2(e) of rule

4 XXI are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the

5 bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report

6 the bill, as amended, to the House with such amendments

7 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall

8 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

9 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

10 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

House Calendar No. 230

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 504

[Report No. 105–637]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4193)

poses.ending September 30, 1999, and for other purInterior and related agencies for the fiscal yearmaking appropriations for the Department of the

JULY 20, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed