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House Calendar No. 215
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 485
[Report No. 105–597]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4104) making appropriations
for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the
Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies,
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 23, 1998
Mr. MCINNIS, 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. 4104) making
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United
States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent, and certain Independent 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. 4104) making appropriations for
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the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Serv-
ice, the Executive Office of the President, and certain
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Septem-
ber 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 clause
2(l)(6) of rule XI or clause 7 of rule XXI are waived. Gen-
eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be con-
sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The
amendments printed in part 1 of the report of the Com-
mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be con-
sidered as adopted 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 104, line
14, through page 106, line 12. The amendments printed
in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules may
be offered only by a Member designated in the report and
only at the appropriate point in the reading of the bill,
shall be considered 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
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amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi-
sion 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. During consideration of
the bill for further amendment, the Chairman of the Com-
mittee 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 Congres-
sional 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) postpone until a time during further consider-
ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re-
corded 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 business, provided that the minimum
time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider-
ation 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