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House Calendar No. 225

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 498

[Report No. 105–622]

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

JULY 14, 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. 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 section

7 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived.

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

9 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the

10 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

11 on Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be

12 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

13 Points of order against section 628 for failure to comply

14 with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. During consider15 ation of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the Com16 mittee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on

17 the basis of whether the Member offering an amendment

18 has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congres19 sional Record designated for that purpose in clause 6 of

20 rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered

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

22 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider23 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re24 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

25 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any
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1 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

2 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

3 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques4 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider5 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

6 and report the bill 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. 225

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 498

[Report No. 105–622]

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 DepartJULY 14, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed