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House Calendar No. 254
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 479
[Report No. 104–678]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3814) making appropriations
for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 16, 1996
Ms. PRYCE, 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. 3814) making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Jus-
tice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 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. 3814) making appropriations for
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the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Ju-
diciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997, 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. General debate shall be confined to the bill and
shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Appropriations. After general debate the
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-
minute rule. Before consideration of any other amendment
it shall be in order to consider the amendment printed in
the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this
resolution, if offered by Representative Rogers of Ken-
tucky or his designee. That amendment 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, 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 that amendment are waived. If
that amendment is adopted, the bill, as amended, shall be
considered as the original bill for the purpose of further
amendment. Points of order against provisions in the bill
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for failure to comply with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are
waived except as follows: (1) under the Department of
Commerce, Science and Technology, the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology, the matter under the
heading ‘‘Industrial Technology Services’’ that begins with
‘‘In addition’’ and continues through ‘‘ ‘Working Capital
Fund’ ’’; and (2) under the Department of Commerce, the
heading ‘‘Technology Administration’’ and the matter
thereunder. Where points of order are waived against part
of a paragraph, points of order against a provision in an-
other part of such paragraph may be made only against
such provision and not against the entire paragraph. Dur-
ing consideration of the bill for further amendment, the
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may accord pri-
ority 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 Commit-
tee of the Whole may postpone until a time during further
consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for
a recorded vote on any amendment. The Chairman of the
Committee of the Whole may reduce to not less than five
minutes the time for voting by electronic device on any
postponed question that immediately follows another vote