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House Calendar No. 62
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 185
[Report No. 105–184]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2159) making appropriations
for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 15, 1997
Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be print-
ed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2159) making
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing,
and related programs for the fiscal year ending Septem-
ber 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
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 bill (H.R. 2159) making appropriations for
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foreign operations, export financing, and related programs
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for
other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. Points of order against consideration of the
bill for failure to comply with clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI
or clause 7 of rule XXI are waived. General debate shall
be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal-
ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Appropriations. After
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment
under the five-minute rule. Points of order against provi-
sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 or 6
of rule XXI are waived except as follows: beginning with
‘‘: Provided’’ on page 24, line 8, through ‘‘justice’’ on line
16. Where points of order are waived against part of a
paragraph, points or order against a provision in another
part of such paragraph may be made only against such
provision and not against the entire paragraph. The
amendments printed in the report of the Committee on
Rules accompanying this resolution may be offered only
by a Member designated in the report and only at the ap-
propriate point in the reading of the bill, shall be consid-
ered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in
the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent
and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment ex-
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cept as specified in the report, and shall not be subject
to a demand for division of the question in the House or
in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against
the amendments printed in the report are waived. No
other amendment shall be in order unless printed in the
portion of the Congressional Record designated for that
purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. 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 minimum time for elec-
tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an-
other electronic vote without intervening business, pro-
vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the
first in any series of questions shall be fifteen minutes.
At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend-
ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the
House with such amendments as may have been adopted.
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on
the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without
intervening motion except one motion to recommit with
or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 62
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 185
[Report No. 105–184]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2159)
making appropriations for foreign operations, ex-
port financing, and related programs for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 1998, and for
other purposes.
JULY 15, 1997
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed