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House Calendar No. 211

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 477

[Report No. 105–585]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4059) making appropriations

for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September

30, 1999, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 18, 1998

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, 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. 4059) making

appropriations for military construction, family housing,

and base realignment and closure for the Department

of Defense 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 consider-
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1 ation of the bill (H.R. 4059) making appropriations for

2 military construction, family housing, and base realign3 ment and closure for the Department of Defense for the

4 fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other pur5 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

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.

11 Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure

12 to comply with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are waived. Dur13 ing consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman

14 of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec15 ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an

16 amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of

17 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in

18 clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be

19 considered as read. The chairman of the Committee of the

20 Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further con21 sideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

22 a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

23 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

24 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

25 without intervening business, provided that the minimum
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1 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques2 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider3 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

4 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

5 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall

6 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

7 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

8 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

9 SEC. 2. Pending the adoption by the Congress of a

10 concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1999,

11 the following allocations contemplated by section 302(a)

12 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be consid13 ered as made to the Committee on Appropriations:

14 (1) New discretionary budget authority:

15 $531,961,000,000.

16 (2) Discretionary outlays: $562,277,000,000.

17 (3) New mandatory budget authority:

18 $298,105,000,000.

19 (4) Mandatory outlays: $290,858,000,000.
House Calendar No. 211

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 477

[Report No. 105–585]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4059)

poses.ending September 30, 1999, and for other purfor the Department of Defense for the fiscal yearfamily housing, and base realignment and closuremaking appropriations for military construction,

JUNE 18, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed