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House Calendar No. 95
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 239
[Report No. 105–264]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2267) making appropriations
for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 23, 1997
Mr. DREIER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2267) making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Jus-
tice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies 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 consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2267) making appropriations for
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the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Ju-
diciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1998, and for other purposes. 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 rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
After general debate the bill shall be considered for
amendment under the five-minute rule. The amendment
printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules
accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopt-
ed in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The
bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill
for the purpose of further amendment. Points of order
against provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to
comply with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are waived. Before
consideration of any other amendment it shall be in order
to consider the amendment numbered 1 in part 2 of the
report of the Committee on Rules, if offered by the Mem-
ber designated in the report, which may amend portions
of the bill not yet read for amendment. The amendments
printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules
may be offered only by a Member designated in the report
and, except for the amendment numbered 1, may be of-
fered only at the appropriate point in the reading of the
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bill. The amendments in part 2 of the report of the Com-
mittee on Rules shall be considered as read, shall be debat-
able for the time specified in the report equally divided
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 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. All points of order against
the amendment numbered 2 in part 2 of the report of the
Committee on Rules are waived. Points of order against
the amendments numbered 1 and 3 in part 2 of the report
of the Committee on Rules for failure to comply with
clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. During consideration of
the bill for further amendment, the Chairman of the Com-
mittee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on
the basis of whether the Member offering an amendment
has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congres-
sional 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 consider-
ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re-
corded 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 fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of consid-
eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise
and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such
further amendments as may have been adopted. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill
and amendments thereto to final passage without inter-
vening motion except one motion to recommit with or
without instructions.
House Calendar No. 95
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 239
[Report No. 105–264]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2267)
making appropriations for the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 23, 1997
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed