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House Calendar No. 201

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 455

[Report No. 105–565]

Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 284)

revising the congressional budget for the United States Government

for fiscal year 1998, establishing the congressional budget for the United

States Government for fiscal year 1999, and setting forth appropriate

budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 3, 1998

Mr. SOLOMON, 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 concurrent resolution (H.

Con. Res. 284) revising the congressional budget for

the United States Government for fiscal year 1998, establishing the congressional budget for the United States

Government for fiscal year 1999, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000, 2001,

2002, and 2003.

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 concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 284) re3 vising the congressional budget for the United States Gov4 ernment for fiscal year 1998, establishing the congres5 sional budget for the United States Government for fiscal

6 year 1999, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels

7 for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003. The first

8 reading of the concurrent resolution shall be dispensed

9 with. General debate shall not exceed three hours, with

10 two hours of general debate confined to the congressional

11 budget equally divided and controlled by the chairman and

12 ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budg13 et, and one hour of general debate on the subject of eco14 nomic goals and policies equally divided and controlled by

15 Representative Saxton of New Jersey and Representative

16 Stark of California or their designees. After general debate

17 the concurrent resolution shall be considered for amend18 ment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to

19 consider as an original concurrent resolution for the pur20 pose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amend21 ment in the nature of a substitute printed in part 1 of

22 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this

23 resolution. That amendment in the nature of a substitute

24 shall be considered as read. All points of order against

25 that amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived.
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1 No amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub2 stitute shall be in order except those printed in part 2

3 of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each amendment

4 may be offered only in the order printed in the report,

5 may be offered only by a Member designated in the report,

6 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for one hour

7 equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an

8 opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment. All

9 points of order against the amendments printed in the re10 port are waived except that the adoption of an amendment

11 in the nature of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion

12 of consideration of the concurrent resolution for amend13 ment. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may:

14 (1) postpone until a time during further consideration in

15 the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote

16 on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the

17 minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed

18 question that follows another electronic vote without inter19 vening business, provided that the minimum time for elec20 tronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall

21 be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consideration of the

22 concurrent resolution for amendment the Committee shall

23 rise and report the concurrent resolution to the House

24 with such amendments as may have been adopted. Any

25 Member may demand a separate vote in the House on any
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1 amendment adopted by the Committee of the Whole to the

2 concurrent resolution or to the amendment in the nature

3 of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous

4 question shall be considered as ordered on the concurrent

5 resolution and amendments thereto to final adoption with6 out intervening motion except amendments offered by the

7 chairman of the Committee on the Budget pursuant to

8 section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of

9 1974 to achieve mathematical consistency. The concurrent

10 resolution shall not be subject to a demand for division

11 of the question of its adoption.

12 SEC. 2. Rule XLIX shall not apply with respect to

13 the adoption by the Congress of a concurrent resolution

14 on the budget for fiscal year 1999.

House Calendar No. 201

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 455

[Report No. 105–565]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the concurrent reso2001, 2002, and 2003. priate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000, for fiscal year 1999, and setting forth appro- sional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1998, establishing the congres- sional budget for the United States Government lution (H. Con. Res. 284) revising the congresJUNE 3, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed