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House Calendar No. 74
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 199
[Report No. 105–214]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2264) making appropriations
for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
cation, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1998, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 28, 1997
Mr. DREIER, 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. 2264) making
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
cies, for the fiscal year ending September 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. 2264) making appropriations for
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the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1998, 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. 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. Points
of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply
with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are waived except as fol-
lows: beginning with ‘‘: Provided’’ on page 41, line 26,
through ‘‘$2,245,000,000’’ on page 42, line 3. Where
points of order are waived against part of a paragraph,
points of 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 print-
ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying
this resolution may be offered only by a Member des-
ignated in the report and only at the appropriate point
in the reading of the bill, shall be considered as read, shall
not be subject to amendment except as specified in the
report and except pro forma amendments offered for the
purpose of debate, and shall not be subject to a demand
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for division of the question in the House or in the Commit-
tee of the Whole. All points of order against the amend-
ments printed in the report are waived. During consider-
ation of the bill for 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 fifteen 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 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
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motion except one motion to recommit with or without in-
structions.