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House Calendar No. 50
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 169
[Report No. 105–137]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1119) to authorize appropriations
for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for military activities of the Department
of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal years
1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 19 (legislative day, JUNE 18), 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 bill (H.R. 1119) to author-
ize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, to pre-
scribe military personnel strengths for fiscal years 1998
and 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. 1119) to authorize appropriations
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for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for military activities of
the Department of Defense, to prescribe military person-
nel strengths for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other
purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed
with. All points of order against consideration of the bill
are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill
and the amendments made in order by this resolution and
shall not exceed two hours equally divided and controlled
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on National Security. After general debate the
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-
minute rule.
SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi-
nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-
minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute
recommended by the Committee on National Security now
printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points
of order against the committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute are waived.
(b) No amendment to the committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute shall be in order except the
amendments printed in the report of the Committee on
Rules accompanying this resolution and amendments en
bloc described in section 3 of this resolution.
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(c) Except as specified in section 5 of this resolution,
each amendment printed in the report of the Committee
on Rules shall be considered only in the order printed in
the report, may be offered only by a Member designated
in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall not
be subject to a demand for division of the question in the
House or in the Committee of the Whole. Unless otherwise
specified in the report, each amendment printed in the re-
port shall be debatable for ten minutes equally divided and
controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not
be subject to amendment (except that the chairman and
ranking minority member of the Committee on National
Security each may offer one pro forma amendment for the
purpose of further debate on any pending amendment).
(d) All points of order against amendments printed
in the report of the Committee on Rules and amendments
en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived.
(e) Consideration of the first two amendments in part
1 of the report of the Committee on Rules shall begin with
an additional period of general debate, which shall be con-
fined to the subject of United States forces in Bosnia and
shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on National Security.
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SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair-
man of the Committee on National Security or his des-
ignee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amend-
ments printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee
on Rules not earlier disposed of or germane modifications
of any such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pur-
suant to this section shall be considered as read (except
that modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable
for twenty minutes equally divided and controlled by the
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee
on National Security or their designees, shall not be sub-
ject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand
for division of the question in the House or in the Commit-
tee of the Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in such
amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the form
of a motion to strike may be modified to the form of a
germane perfecting amendment to the text originally pro-
posed to be stricken. The original proponent of an amend-
ment included in such amendments en bloc may insert a
statement in the Congressional Record immediately before
the disposition of the amendment en bloc.
SEC. 4. 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
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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 fifteen minutes.
SEC. 5. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole
may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed
in the report of the Committee on Rules out of the order
printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman
of the Committee on National Security or a designee an-
nounces from the floor a request to that effect.
SEC. 6. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill
for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the
bill to the House with such amendments as may have been
adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the
House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of
the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute. 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.
SEC. 7. House Resolutions 161, 162, and 165 are laid
on the table.
House Calendar No. 50
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 169
[Report No. 105–137]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1119)
to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998
and 1999 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for
other purposes.
JUNE 19 (legislative day, JUNE 18), 1997
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed