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House Calendar No. 263

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 564

[Report No. 105–762]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4274) making appropriations

for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,

1999, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 1, 1998

Mr. DREIER, 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. 4274) making

appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health

and Human Services, and Education, and related 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. 4274) making appropriations for
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1 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,

2 and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year

3 ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes. The

4 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. General

5 debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed

6 90 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman

7 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appro8 priations. After general debate the bill shall be considered

9 for amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order

10 against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with

11 clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are waived except as follows:

12 beginning with ‘‘: Provided’’ on page 41, line 9, through

13 line 19; page 95, line 18, through page 109, line 19.

14 Where points of order are waived against part of a para15 graph, points of order against a provision in another part

16 of such paragraph may be made only against such provi17 sion and not against the entire paragraph. The amend18 ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules

19 accompanying this resolution may be offered only by a

20 Member designated in the report and only at the appro21 priate point in the reading of the bill, shall be considered

22 as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the

23 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and

24 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except

25 as specified in the report, and shall not be subject to a
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1 demand for division of the question in the House or in

2 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against

3 the amendments printed in the report are waived. During

4 consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of

5 the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec6 ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an

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

8 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in

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

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

11 Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further con12 sideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

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

14 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

15 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

16 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

17 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques18 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider19 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

20 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

21 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall

22 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

23 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

24 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 263

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 564

[Report No. 105–762]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4274)

poses.ending September 30, 1999, and for other purcation, and related agencies, for the fiscal yearLabor, Health and Human Services, and Edumaking appropriations for the Departments of

OCTOBER 1, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed