[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H. Res. 247 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                  House Calendar No. 87
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 247

                          [Report No. 106-235]

Providing 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 1999

 Mr. Diaz-Balart, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Providing 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.

    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.




                                                  House Calendar No. 87

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 247

                          [Report No. 106-235]

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                               RESOLUTION

Providing 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.

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                             July 14, 1999

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed