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House Calendar No. 67
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 200
[Report No. 106–175]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1401) to authorize appropriations
for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for military activities of the Department
of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal years
2000 and 2001, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 8, 1999
Mrs. MYRICK, 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. 1401) to author-
ize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, to pre-
scribe military personnel strengths for fiscal years 2000
and 2001, and for other purposes.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of
rule XVIII, 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. 1401) to authorize appropriations
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for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for military activities of
the Department of Defense, to prescribe military per-
sonnel strengths for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for
other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. All points of order against consideration of
the bill are waived. 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 Armed Services. After general debate
the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-
minute rule.
SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi-
nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-
minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute
recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now
printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points
of order against the committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute are waived.
(b) No amendment to the committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute shall be in order except the
amendments printed in the report of the Committee on
Rules accompanying this resolution, amendments en bloc
described in section 3 of this resolution, the amendment
by Representative Cox of California printed on June 8,
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1999, in the portion of the Congressional Record des-
ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII, and
pro forma amendments offered by the chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on Armed Services
for the purpose of debate.
(c) Except as specified in section 5 of this resolution,
each amendment printed in the report of the Committee
on Rules shall be considered only in the order printed in
the report, may be offered only by a Member designated
in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall not
be subject to a demand for division of the question in the
House or in the Committee of the Whole. Unless otherwise
specified in the report, each amendment printed in the re-
port shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not
be subject to amendment (except that the chairman and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed
Services each may offer one pro forma amendment for the
purpose of further debate on any pending amendment).
(d) All points of order against amendments printed
in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments
en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived.
(e) Consideration of the last five amendments in part
A of the report of the Committee on Rules shall begin
with an additional period of general debate, which shall
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be confined to the subject of United States policy relating
to the conflict in Kosovo, and shall not exceed one hour
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on Armed Services.
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair-
man of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee
to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments
printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules
not earlier disposed of or germane modifications of any
such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant
to this section shall be considered as read (except that
modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for 20
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed
Services or their designees, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the
Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in such amendments
en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of a motion
to strike may be modified to the form of a germane per-
fecting amendment to the text originally proposed to be
stricken. The original proponent of an amendment in-
cluded in such amendments en bloc may insert a state-
ment in the Congressional Record immediately before the
disposition of the amendments en bloc.
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SEC. 4. 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
time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
tions shall be 15 minutes.
SEC. 5. (a) The Chairman of the Committee of the
Whole may recognize for consideration of any amendment
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules out of
the order printed, but not sooner than one hour after the
chairman of the Committee on Armed Services or a des-
ignee announces from the floor a request to that effect.
(b) Before consideration of any other amendment it
shall be in order to consider the amendment printed in
the Congressional Record of June 8, 1999, by Representa-
tive Cox of California and described in section 2(b) of this
resolution, if offered by Representative Cox or his des-
ignee. That amendment shall be considered as read, shall
be debatable for one hour 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
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of the Whole. All points order against that amendment
are waived.
SEC. 6. 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. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the
House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of
the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute. 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. 7. After passage of H.R. 1401, it shall be in
order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill S. 1059
and to consider the Senate bill in the House. All points
of order against the Senate bill and against its consider-
ation are waived. It shall be in order to move to strike
all after the enacting clause of the Senate bill and to insert
in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 1401 as passed by
the House. All points of order against that motion are
waived.
SEC. 8. House Resolution 195 is laid on the table.
House Calendar No. 67
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 200
[Report No. 106–175]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1401)
to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000
and 2001 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for
other purposes.
JUNE 8, 1999
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed