H. Res. 441
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
May 20, 1998.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution 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 further consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 3616) to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 1999 for military activities of the Department of
Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal
year 1999, and for other purposes. No further general debate
shall be in order. The bill shall be considered for amendment
under the five-minute rule.
SEC. 2. (a) 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 National Security now printed in the bill.
The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall
be considered as read. All points of order against the commit-
tee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived.
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(b) No amendment to the committee amendment in the
nature of a substitute shall be in order except the amend-
ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac-
companying this resolution and amendments en bloc de-
scribed in section 3 of this resolution.
(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 re-
port, may be offered only by a Member designated in the re-
port, 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 re-
port, each amendment printed in the report shall be debat-
able for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent and an opponent and shall not be subject to amend-
ment (except that the chairman and ranking minority mem-
ber 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 or amendments en bloc
described in section 3 of this resolution are waived.
(e)(1) Consideration of the amendments in part A of the
report of the Committee on Rules shall begin with an addi-
tional period of general debate, which shall be confined to the
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subject of the policy of the United States with respect to the
People’s Republic of China and shall not exceed two hours
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on National Security.
(2) Consideration of the amendments in part C of the
report of the Committee on Rules shall begin with an addi-
tional period of general debate, which shall be confined to the
subject of the assignment of members of the armed forces to
assist in border control and shall not exceed 30 minutes
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on National Security.
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman
of the Committee on National Security or his designee to
offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed
in part D of the report of the Committee on Rules not earlier
disposed of germane modifications of any such amendment.
Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be
considered as read (except that modifications shall be re-
ported), shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of
the Committee on National Security or their designees, shall
not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a
demand for division of the question in the House or in the
Committee of the Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in such
amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of
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a motion to strike may be modified to the form of a germane
perfecting amendment to the text originally proposed to be
stricken. The original proponent of an amendment included
in such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the
Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of
the amendments en bloc.
SEC. 4. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole
may: (1) postpone until a time during further consideration
in the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote
on any amendments; and (2) reduce to five minutes the mini-
mum 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.
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 print-
ed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman of the
Committee on National Security or a designee announces
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
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the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute. 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.
Attest:
Clerk.