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House Calendar No. 214
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 484
[Report No. 105–596]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4103) making appropriations
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 23, 1998
Mr. GOSS, 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. 4103) making
appropriations 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-
ation of the bill (H.R. 4103) making appropriations for
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep-
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tember 30, 1999, and for other purposes. The first reading
of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order against
consideration of the bill for failure to comply with clause
2(l)(6) of rule XI, clause 7 of rule XXI, or section 306
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. Gen-
eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be con-
sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The
amendments printed in the report of the Committee on
Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.
Points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended,
for failure to comply with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are
waived. During consideration of the bill for further amend-
ment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may
accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the
Member offering an amendment has caused it to be print-
ed 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 consideration in the Committee of the
Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment;
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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 15 minutes. Con-
sideration of section 8106 for amendment under the five-
minute rule shall not exceed one hour. At the conclusion
of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee
shall rise and report the bill, as amended, 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 in-
tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or
without instructions.
House Calendar No. 214
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 484
[Report No. 105–596]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4103)
making appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1999, and for other purposes.
JUNE 23, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed