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House Calendar No. 230
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 504
[Report No. 105–637]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4193) making appropriations
for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 20, 1998
Mr. HASTINGS, 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 bill (H.R. 4193) making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1999, 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. 4193) making appropriations for
the Department of the Interior and related agencies for
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the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other
purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed
with. Points of order against consideration of the bill for
failure to comply with section 306 or 401 the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General debate
shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
After general debate the bill shall be considered for
amendment under the five-minute rule. The amendments
printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules
accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopt-
ed in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.
Points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended,
for failure to comply with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are
waived except as follows: page 88, line 10, through page
89, line 6. If an unprotected provision is stricken on a
point of order, the Committee of the Whole shall imme-
diately consider the amendment printed in part 2 of the
report of the Committee on Rules if offered by Represent-
ative Johnson of Connecticut or her designee. That
amendment shall be considered as read, be debatable for
30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division
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of the question in the House or in the Committee of the
Whole. The amendment printed in part 3 of the report
of the Committee on Rules may be offered only by Rep-
resentative Young of Alaska or his designee, may be of-
fered only at the appropriate point in the reading of the
bill, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 30
minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent
and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques-
tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All
points of order against the amendments printed in the re-
port are waived. During consideration of the bill for fur-
ther amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the
Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of
whether the Member offering an amendment has caused
it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional Record
designated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII.
Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. The
chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post-
pone until a time during further consideration in the Com-
mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any
amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum
time for electronic voting on any postponed question that
follows another electronic vote without intervening busi-
ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting
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on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.
During consideration of the bill, points of order against
amendments for failure to comply with clause 2(e) of rule
XXI are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the
bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report
the bill, as amended, 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. 230
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 504
[Report No. 105–637]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4193)
making appropriations for the Department of the
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1999, and for other pur-
poses.
JULY 20, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed