[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PERMISSION FOR COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET TO FILE REPORT ON AND PROVIDING 
 FOR CONSIDERATION OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 
                                  1997

  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Budget may have until midnight tonight to file a report on the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997, and that it 
be in order on Wednesday, May 15, 1996, to consider that concurrent 
resolution under the following terms:
  One, the Speaker may declare the House resolved into the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union for consideration of the 
concurrent resolution;
  Two, the first reading of the concurrent resolution shall be 
dispensed with;
  Three, all points of order against consideration of the concurrent 
resolution shall be waived;
  Four, general debate shall be confined to the congressional budget 
and shall not exceed 3 hours, including 1 hour on the subject of 
economic goals and policies, equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget;
  Five, after general debate, the Committee shall rise without motion;
  And six, no further consideration of the concurrent resolution shall 
be in order except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Ohio?
  There was no objection.

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