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House Calendar No. 109
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 265
[Report No. 105–317]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2204) to authorize appropriations
for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 9, 1997
Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2204) to author-
ize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for
the Coast Guard, 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. 2204) to authorize appropriations
for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the Coast Guard, and
for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be
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dispensed with. Points of order against consideration of
the bill for failure to comply with section 401 of the Con-
gressional 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 Transportation
and Infrastructure. After general debate the bill shall be
considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It
shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the
purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now
printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. Points
of order against the committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute for failure to comply with clause 7 of rule
XVI or section 401 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 are waived. During consideration of the bill for
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 des-
ignated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amend-
ments so printed shall be considered as read. The Chair-
man of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone
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until a time during further consideration in the Committee
of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amend-
ment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time
for electronic voting on any postponed question that fol-
lows another electronic vote without intervening business,
provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on
the first in any series of questions shall be fifteen minutes.
At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend-
ment 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.