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House Calendar No. 36
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 152
[Report No. 105–102]
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 84)
establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 19, 1997
Mr. SOLOMON, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H.
Con. Res. 84) establishing the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 1998 and
setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of
rule XXIII, 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. 84) estab-
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lishing the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth appro-
priate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1990, 2000, 2001,
and 2002. The first reading of the concurrent resolution
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against the
concurrent resolution and against its consideration are
waived. General debate shall be confined to the congres-
sional budget and shall not exceed five hours and twenty
minutes (including one hour on the subject of economic
goals and policies), with five hours equally divided and
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member
of the Committee on the Budget and twenty minutes con-
trolled by Representative Minge of Minnesota or his des-
ignee. After general debate the concurrent resolution shall
be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
The concurrent resolution shall be considered as read. No
amendment shall be in order except the amendments in
the nature of substitutes designated in section 2 of this
resolution, if printed in the portion of the Congressional
Record designated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule
XXIII. Each amendment may be offered only in the order
designated, may be offered only by a Member designated,
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for twenty
minutes (except as otherwise provided in section 2) equally
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent,
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and shall not be subject to amendment. All points of order
against the amendments designated in section 2 are
waived except that the adoption of an amendment in the
nature of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion of
consideration of the concurrent resolution for amendment.
The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1)
postpone until a time during further consideration in the
Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on
any amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the mini-
mum time for electronic voting on any postponed question
that follows another electronic vote without intervening
business, provided that the minimum time for electronic
voting on the first in any series of questions shall be fif-
teen minutes. After the conclusion of consideration of the
concurrent resolution for amendment, the Committee shall
rise and report the concurrent resolution to the House
with such amendments as may have been adopted. The
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the
concurrent resolution and amendments thereto to final
adoption without 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 con-
current resolution shall not be subject to a demand for
division of the question of its adoption.
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SEC. 2. The following amendments are in order pur-
suant to the first section of this resolution:
(1) the amendment numbered 1, which shall be
debatable for one hour;
(2) the amendment numbered 2;
(3) the amendment numbered 3;
(4) the amendment numbered 4; and
(5) the amendment numbered 5.
SEC. 3. Rule XLIX shall not apply with respect to
the adoption by the Congress of a concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 1998.
House Calendar No. 36
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 152
[Report No. 105–102]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the concurrent reso-
lution (H. Con. Res. 84) establishing the con-
gressional budget for the United States Govern-
ment for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth ap-
propriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999,
2000, 2001, and 2002.
MAY 19, 1997
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed