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House Calendar No. 66

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 193

[Report No. 105–197]

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2160) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September

30, 1998, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 23 (legislative day, JULY 22), 1997

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered

to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2160)

making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30,

1998, 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 the fur-
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1 ther consideration of the bill (H.R. 2160) making appro2 priations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and

3 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for

4 the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other

5 purposes. Points of order against provisions in the bill for

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

7 except as follows: page 56, line 18, through line 24; and

8 page 68, line 12, through line 16. Where points of order

9 are waived against part of a paragraph, points of order

10 against a provision in another part of such paragraph may

11 be made only against such provision and not against the

12 entire paragraph. No further amendment shall be in order

13 except amendments printed before July 22, 1997, in the

14 portion of the Congressional Record designated for that

15 purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII, the amendments print16 ed in the Congressional Record and numbered 21, 22, and

17 23 pursuant to clause 6 of rule XXIII, and the amend18 ment by Representative Obey of Wisconsin pending when

19 the Committee of the Whole rose on July 22, 1997. Each

20 amendment shall be considered as read and shall be debat21 able for ten minutes (except as otherwise provided in sec22 tion 2 of this resolution) equally divided and controlled

23 by the proponent and an opponent. 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 fifteen minutes.

7 After a motion that the Committee rise has been rejected

8 on a day, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

9 may entertain another such motion on that day only if

10 offered by the chairman of the Committee on Appropria11 tions or the majority leader or their designee. After a mo12 tion to strike out the enacting words of the bill (as de13 scribed in clause 7 of rule XXIII) has been rejected, the

14 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may not enter15 tain another such motion during further consideration of

16 the bill. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for

17 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill

18 to the House with such amendments as may have been

19 adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or20 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage

21 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit

22 with or without instructions.

23 SEC. 2. The time for debate on the following amend24 ments shall be thirty minutes:
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1 (1) the amendment by Representative Obey of

2 Wisconsin pending when the Committee of the

3 Whole rose on July 22, 1997, which shall be debat4 able for thirty minutes notwithstanding the time

5 consumed on the amendment on July 22, 1997;

6 (2) the amendment numbered 17;

7 (3) the amendment numbered 3; and

8 (4) the amendment numbered 21.

House Calendar No. 66

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 193

[Report No. 105–197]

RESOLUTION

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R.

other purposes.cal year ending September 30, 1998, and fortion, and Related Agencies programs for the fisRural Development, Food and Drug Administra2160) making appropriations for Agriculture,

JULY 23 (legislative day, JULY 22), 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed