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House Calendar No. 228

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 501

[Report No. 105–628]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4194) making appropriations

for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 15, 1998

Mr. LINDER, 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. 4194) making

appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs

and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry

independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations,

and offices 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
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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 4194) making appropriations for

3 the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and

4 Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies,

5 boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis6 cal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other pur7 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

8 Points of order against consideration of the bill for failure

9 to comply with section 306 of the Congressional Budget

10 Act of 1974 are waived. General debate shall be confined

11 to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided

12 and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority

13 member of the Committee on Appropriations. After gen14 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

15 under the five-minute rule. The amendment printed in the

16 report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this reso17 lution shall be considered as adopted in the House and

18 in the Committee of the Whole. Points of order against

19 provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply

20 with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are waived except as fol21 lows: page 88, line 16, through page 91, line 3. Where

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

23 points of order against a provision in another part of such

24 paragraph may be made only against such provision and

25 not against the entire paragraph. The amendment printed
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1 in the Congressional Record and numbered 12 pursuant

2 to clause 6 of rule XXIII may be offered only by Rep3 resentative Leach of Iowa or his designee, shall be consid4 ered as read, shall be debatable for 40 minutes equally

5 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent,

6 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub7 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House

8 or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order

9 against that amendment are waived. During consideration

10 of the bill for further amendment, the Chairman of the

11 Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition

12 on the basis of whether the Member offering an amend13 ment has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Con14 gressional Record designated for that purpose in clause

15 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be consid16 ered as read. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole

17 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider18 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re19 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

20 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

21 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

22 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

23 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques24 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider25 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise
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1 and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such

2 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous

3 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

4 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

5 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in6 structions.

House Calendar No. 228

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 501

[Report No. 105–628]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4194)

and for other purposes.for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999,boards, commissions, corporations, and officesopment, and for sundry independent agencies,Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develmaking appropriations for the Departments of

JULY 15, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed