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House Calendar No. 211
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 477
[Report No. 105–585]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4059) making appropriations
for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and clo-
sure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 18, 1998
Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4059) making
appropriations for military construction, family housing,
and base realignment and closure for the Department
of Defense 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-
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ation of the bill (H.R. 4059) making appropriations for
military construction, family housing, and base realign-
ment and closure for the Department of Defense for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other pur-
poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.
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. Dur-
ing consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman
of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec-
ognition 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) postpone until a time during further con-
sideration 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 electronic voting on any
postponed question that follows another electronic vote
without intervening business, provided that the minimum
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time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider-
ation 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 ordered on the bill and amendments
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except
one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
SEC. 2. Pending the adoption by the Congress of a
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1999,
the following allocations contemplated by section 302(a)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be consid-
ered as made to the Committee on Appropriations:
(1) 
New 
discretionary 
budget 
authority:
$531,961,000,000.
(2) Discretionary outlays: $562,277,000,000.
(3) 
New 
mandatory 
budget 
authority:
$298,105,000,000.
(4) Mandatory outlays: $290,858,000,000.
House Calendar No. 211
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 477
[Report No. 105–585]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4059)
making appropriations for military construction,
family housing, and base realignment and closure
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1999, and for other pur-
poses.
JUNE 18, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed