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House Calendar No. 250

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 542

[Report No. 105–725]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4569) making appropriations

for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 16, 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 bill (H.R. 4569) making

appropriations for foreign operations, export financing,

and related programs 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. 4569) making appropriations for

6 foreign operations, export financing, and related programs
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1 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for

2 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis3 pensed with. Points of order against consideration of the

4 bill for failure to comply with clause 1(b) of rule X, clause

5 2(l)(6) of rule XI, or clause 7 of rule XXI are waived.

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 for

11 a period not to exceed five hours. The bill shall be consid12 ered as read through page 141, line 18. Points of order

13 against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with

14 clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are waived. No amendment to

15 the bill shall be in order except: (1) pro forma amend16 ments for the purpose of debate; (2) amendments printed

17 in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for

18 that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII; and (3) amend19 ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules

20 accompanying this resolution. Each of the amendments

21 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules may be

22 offered only by a Member designated in the report, may

23 be offered only at the appropriate point in the reading of

24 the bill, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for

25 the time specified in the report equally divided and con-
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1 trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be

2 subject to amendment except as specified in the report,

3 and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the

4 question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.

5 All points of order against the amendments printed in the

6 report are waived. The chairman of the Committee of the

7 Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further con8 sideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

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

10 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

11 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

12 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

13 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques14 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider15 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

16 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

17 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall

18 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

19 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

20 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 250

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 542

[Report No. 105–725]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4569)

other purposes.cal year ending September 30, 1999, and forport financing, and related programs for the fismaking appropriations for foreign operations, exSEPTEMBER 16, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed