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House Calendar No. 66
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 193
[Report No. 105–197]
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2160) making appropria-
tions for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1998, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23 (legislative day, JULY 22), 1997
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, reported the fol-
lowing resolution which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered
to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2160)
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen-
cies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1998, 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 the fur-
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ther consideration of the bill (H.R. 2160) making appro-
priations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other
purposes. Points of order against provisions in the bill for
failure to comply with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are waived
except as follows: page 56, line 18, through line 24; and
page 68, line 12, through line 16. Where points of order
are waived against part of a paragraph, points of order
against a provision in another part of such paragraph may
be made only against such provision and not against the
entire paragraph. No further amendment shall be in order
except amendments printed before July 22, 1997, in the
portion of the Congressional Record designated for that
purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII, the amendments print-
ed in the Congressional Record and numbered 21, 22, and
23 pursuant to clause 6 of rule XXIII, and the amend-
ment by Representative Obey of Wisconsin pending when
the Committee of the Whole rose on July 22, 1997. Each
amendment shall be considered as read and shall be debat-
able for ten minutes (except as otherwise provided in sec-
tion 2 of this resolution) equally divided and controlled
by the proponent and an opponent. The Chairman of the
Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time
during further consideration in the Committee of the
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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 an-
other electronic vote without intervening business, pro-
vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the
first in any series of questions shall be fifteen minutes.
After a motion that the Committee rise has been rejected
on a day, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole
may entertain another such motion on that day only if
offered by the chairman of the Committee on Appropria-
tions or the majority leader or their designee. After a mo-
tion to strike out the enacting words of the bill (as de-
scribed in clause 7 of rule XXIII) has been rejected, the
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may not enter-
tain another such motion during further consideration of
the bill. 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. 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.
SEC. 2. The time for debate on the following amend-
ments shall be thirty minutes:
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(1) the amendment by Representative Obey of
Wisconsin pending when the Committee of the
Whole rose on July 22, 1997, which shall be debat-
able for thirty minutes notwithstanding the time
consumed on the amendment on July 22, 1997;
(2) the amendment numbered 17;
(3) the amendment numbered 3; and
(4) the amendment numbered 21.
House Calendar No. 66
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 193
[Report No. 105–197]
RESOLUTION
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R.
2160) making appropriations for Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 1998, and for
other purposes.
JULY 23 (legislative day, JULY 22), 1997
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed