[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 475 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                         July 16, 1996.
    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 consideration of the bill (H.R. 3756) making 
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal 
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent 
Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 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 
section 302(f), 308(a), or 401(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 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 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 
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 or rule XXI are waived except as follows: page 53, line 
15, through page 55, line 12; and page 56, line 13, through page 57, 
line 3. Before consideration of any other amendment it shall be in 
order to consider the amendments printed in part 2 of the report of the 
Committee on Rules. Each amendment printed in part 2 of the report may 
be considered only in the order printed, may be offered only by a 
Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable 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 amendments printed in part 2 of the report are 
waived. During consideration of the bill for further amendment, 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 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 postpone until a time during further consideration in the 
Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment. 
The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may reduce to not less than 
five minutes the time for voting by electronic device on any postponed 
question that immediately follows another vote by electronic device 
without intervening business, provided that the time for voting by 
electronic device on the first in any series of questions shall not be 
less than fifteen minutes. After the reading of the final lines of the 
bill, a motion that the Committee of the Whole rise and report the bill 
to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted shall, if 
offered by the majority leader or a designee, have precedence over a 
motion to amend. 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 ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to 
final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.