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House Calendar No. 33
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 131
[Report No. 106–77]
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 68)
establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2000 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for
each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2009.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 24, 1999
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 concurrent resolution (H.
Con. Res. 68) establishing the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 2000 and
setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of
the fiscal years 2001 through 2009.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 68) estab-
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lishing the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2000 and setting forth appro-
priate budgetary levels for each of the fiscal years 2001
through 2009. The first reading of the concurrent resolu-
tion shall be dispensed with. Points of order against con-
sideration of the concurrent resolution for failure to com-
ply with clause 4(a) of rule XIII are waived. General de-
bate shall not exceed three hours, with two hours of gen-
eral debate confined to the congressional budget equally
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on the Budget, and one
hour of general debate on the subject of economic goals
and policies divided and controlled by Representative
Saxton of New Jersey and Representative Stark of Cali-
fornia or their designees. After general debate the concur-
rent resolution shall be considered for amendment under
the five-minute rule. The amendment specified in part 1
of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying
this resolution shall be considered as adopted in the House
and in the Committee of the Whole. The concurrent reso-
lution, as amended, shall be considered as read. No fur-
ther amendment shall be in order except those printed in
part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in
the report, may be offered only by a Member designated
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in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat-
able for 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the
proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to
amendment. All points of order against the amendments
printed in the report are waived except that the adoption
of an amendment in the nature of a substitute shall con-
stitute the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent
resolution for amendment. After the conclusion of consid-
eration of the concurrent resolution for amendment and
a final period of general debate, which shall not exceed
10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on the
Budget, the Committee shall rise and report the concur-
rent resolution, as amended, to the House with such fur-
ther amendment as may have been adopted. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the concurrent
resolution and amendments thereto to final adoption with-
out intervening motion except amendments offered by the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget pursuant to
section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 to achieve mathematical consistency. The concurrent
resolution shall not be subject to a demand for division
of the question of its adoption.
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SEC. 2. Rule XXIII shall not apply with respect to
the adoption by the Congress of a concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 2000.
House Calendar No. 33
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 131
[Report No. 106–77]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the concurrent reso-
lution (H. Con. Res. 68) establishing the con-
gressional budget for the United States Govern-
ment for fiscal year 2000 and setting forth ap-
propriate budgetary levels for each of the fiscal
years 2001 through 2009.
MARCH 24, 1999
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed