H. Res. 455
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
June 4, 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 consideration of
the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 284) revising the
congressional budget for the United States Government for
fiscal year 1998, establishing the congressional budget for the
United States Government for fiscal year 1999, and setting
forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000,
2001, 2002, and 2003. The first reading of the concurrent
resolution shall be dispensed with. General debate shall not
exceed three hours, with two hours of general debate confined
to the congressional budget equally divided and controlled by
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee
on the Budget, and one hour of general debate on the subject
of economic goals and policies equally divided and controlled
by Representative Saxton of New Jersey and Representative
Stark of California or their designees. After general debate
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the concurrent resolution shall be considered for amendment
under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as
an original concurrent resolution for the purpose of amend-
ment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature
of a substitute printed in part 1 of the report of the Commit-
tee on Rules accompanying this resolution. That amendment
in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. All
points of order against that amendment in the nature of a
substitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in
the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those print-
ed in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for one
hour equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an
opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment. All points
of order against the amendments printed in the report are
waived except that the adoption of an amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion of consid-
eration of the concurrent resolution for amendment. 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 amendment;
and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec-
tronic voting on any postponed question that follows another
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electronic vote without intervening business, provided that the
minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any series
of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consid-
eration of the concurrent resolution for amendment the Com-
mittee shall rise and report the concurrent resolution 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 by the Committee of the Whole to
the concurrent resolution or to the amendment in the nature
of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the concurrent res-
olution and amendments thereto to final adoption without in-
tervening motion except amendments offered by the chairman
of the Committee on the Budget pursuant to section
305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to achieve
mathematical consistency. The concurrent resolution shall not
be subject to a demand for division of the question of its
adoption.
SEC. 2. Rule XLIX shall not apply with respect to the
adoption by the Congress of a concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 1999.
Attest:
Clerk.