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House Calendar No. 231
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 508
[Report No. 105–641]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4276) making appropriations
for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 22, 1998
Mr. LINDER, 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. 4276) making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Jus-
tice, and State, the Judiciary, and related 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. 4276) 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, 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, clause 7 of rule XXI, or section
401(a) of the Congressional 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 ranking minority member of the
Committee on Appropriations. After general debate the
bill shall be considered 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. The amendments printed in the report of the Com-
mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution may be of-
fered 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 spec-
ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division
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
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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
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) post-
pone until a time during further consideration in the Com-
mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded 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 busi-
ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting
on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 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 further amendments as may have been
adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit
with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 231
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 508
[Report No. 105–641]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4276)
making appropriations for the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
JULY 22, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed