[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 131 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                        March 25, 1999.
    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 consideration of the 
concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 68) establishing the congressional budget 
for the United States Government for fiscal year 2000 and setting forth 
appropriate budgetary levels for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2009. The 
first reading of the concurrent resolution shall be dispensed with. Points of 
order against consideration of the concurrent resolution for failure to comply 
with clause 4(a) of rule XIII are waived. General debate shall not exceed three 
hours, with two hours of general debate confined to the congressional budget 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on the Budget, and one hour of general debate on the subject of 
economic goals and policies divided and controlled by Representative Saxton of 
New Jersey and Representative Stark of California or their designees. After 
general debate the concurrent resolution shall be considered for amendment under 
the five-minute rule. The amendment specified 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. The concurrent resolution, as 
amended, shall be considered as read. No further amendment shall be in order 
except those printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each 
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered 
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment. All points of order against the 
amendments printed in the report 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. After the conclusion 
of consideration of the concurrent resolution for amendment and a final period 
of general debate, which shall not exceed 10 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 
Budget, the Committee shall rise and report the concurrent resolution, as 
amended, to the House with such further amendment 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. Rule XXIII shall not apply with respect to the adoption by the 
Congress of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.