[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 247 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                              July 16 (legislative day, July 15), 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 
bill (H.R. 2415) to enhance security of United States missions and personnel 
overseas, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal 
year 2000, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be 
dispensed with. 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 International Relations. After general 
debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. 
The bill shall be considered as read. Before consideration of any other 
amendment it shall be in order to consider the first amendment printed in part A 
of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, if offered 
by Representative Gilman or his designee. That amendment shall be considered as 
read, shall be debatable for 10 minutes 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 that amendment are waived. 
After disposition of that amendment, the provisions of the bill as then amended 
shall be considered as original text for the purpose of further amendment under 
the five-minute rule. No further amendment to the bill shall be in order except 
those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 2 of this resolution. 
Each amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 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 
the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent 
and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as specified in the 
report, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 
House or in the Committee of the Whole. 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 15 minutes. 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.
    Sec. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman of the Committee 
on International Relations 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 International Relations or their designees, 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. 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 perfecting amendment 
to the text originally proposed to be stricken. The original proponent of an 
amendment included in such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the 
Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of the amendments en 
bloc.
    Sec. 3. After passage of H.R. 2415, it shall be in order to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill S. 886 and to consider the Senate bill in the House. 
All points of order against the Senate bill and against its consideration 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. 2415 as 
passed by the House. All points of order against that motion are waived.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.