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House Calendar No. 193
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 441
[Report No. 105–544]
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 3616) to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal
year 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 19, 1998
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 further consideration of the bill (H.R. 3616)
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for mili-
tary activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for fiscal year 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 further
consideration of the bill (H.R. 3616) to authorize appro-
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priations 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 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.
(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
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chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee
on National Security.
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 D of the report of the Committee
on Rules not earlier disposed of germane modifications of
any such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursu-
ant to this section shall be considered as read (except that
modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for 20
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Na-
tional Security or their designees, shall not be subject to
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi-
sion of the question in the House or in the Committee
of the Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in such amend-
ments 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 proposed to
be stricken. The original proponent of an amendment in-
cluded in such amendments en bloc may insert a state-
ment 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 consider-
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ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re-
corded vote on any amendments; 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 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
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.
House Calendar No. 193
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 441
[Report No. 105–544]
RESOLUTION
Providing for further consideration 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.
MAY 19, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed