[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 152 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                          May 20, 1997.
    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 
concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 84) establishing the congressional budget 
for the United States Government for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. The 
first reading of the concurrent resolution shall be dispensed with. All points 
of order against the concurrent resolution and against its consideration are 
waived. General debate shall be confined to the congressional budget and shall 
not exceed five hours and twenty minutes (including one hour on the subject of 
economic goals and policies), with five hours equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget and 
twenty minutes controlled by Representative Minge of Minnesota or his designee. 
After general debate the concurrent resolution shall be considered for amendment 
under the five-minute rule. The concurrent resolution shall be considered as 
read. No amendment shall be in order except the amendments in the nature of 
substitutes designated in section 2 of this resolution, if printed in the 
portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 6 of 
rule XXIII. Each amendment may be offered only in the order designated, may be 
offered only by a Member designated, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for twenty minutes (except as otherwise provided in section 2) equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be 
subject to amendment. All points of order against the amendments designated in 
section 2 are waived except that the adoption of an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute shall constitute the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent 
resolution for amendment. 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; 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 questions shall be 
fifteen minutes. After the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent 
resolution for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report the concurrent 
resolution to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the concurrent resolution 
and amendments thereto to final adoption without intervening motion except 
amendments offered by the chairman of the Committee on the Budget pursuant to 
section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to achieve 
mathematical consistency. The concurrent resolution shall not be subject to a 
demand for division of the question of its adoption.
    Sec. 2. The following amendments are in order pursuant to the first section 
of this resolution:
            (1) the amendment numbered 1, which shall be debatable for one hour;
            (2) the amendment numbered 2;
            (3) the amendment numbered 3;
            (4) the amendment numbered 4; and
            (5) the amendment numbered 5.
    Sec. 3. Rule XLIX shall not apply with respect to the adoption by the 
Congress of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.