[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 66 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D504-D505]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NASA'S MISSION AND AMERICA'S VISION--FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National 
Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice continued hearings 
on Defining NASA's Mission and America's Vision for the Future of Space 
Exploration, Part II. Testimony was heard from the following 
Astronauts: Buzz Aldrin; Scott Carpenter and Gene Cernan; and public 
witnesses.
CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION FOR FY 1998
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule on 
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 rule 
waives all points of order against the resolution and against its 
consideration. The rule provides for five hours of general debate 
(including one 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 and 20 minutes controlled by 
Representative Minge or his designee. The rule provides for the 
consideration of those 5 amendments in the nature of a substitute 
designated in section 2 of the resolution, if printed in the portion of 
the Congressional Record designated for that purpose, which 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 20 
minutes (except as specified in the rule) equally divided and 
controlled by a proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to 
amendment. All points of order are waived against the amendments 
designated in section 2. The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee 
of the Whole to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and to 
reduce to five minutes on a postponed question if the vote follows a 
fifteen minute vote. The rule provides 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 
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the concurrent 
resolution and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 
motion except amendments offered by the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget to achieve mathematical consistency. The rule further 
provides that the concurrent resolution will not be subject to a demand 
for a division of the question of its adoption. Finally, the rule 
provides that rule XLIX (establishment of statutory limit on the public 
debt) shall not apply with respect to the adoption by the Congress of a 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998. Testimony was 
heard from Chairman Kasich, Representatives Hobson, Smith of Michigan, 
Shuster, Doolittle, Sam Johnson of Texas, Doggett, Thompson, Minge, 
Brown of California, Oberstar, Peterson of Minnesota, DeFazio, Waters, 
Boyd, and Turner.

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