[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 109 (Wednesday, August 5, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7255]
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  LIMITING AMENDMENTS AND DEBATE TIME DURING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF 
H.R. 4276, DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, AND JUDICIARY, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999, IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE 
                                 WHOLE

  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that during the 
further consideration of H.R. 4276 in the Committee of the Whole, 
pursuant to H. Res. 508: no amendment shall be in order thereto except 
for the following amendments, which shall be considered as read, shall 
not be subject to amendment or to a demand for a division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole, and shall be 
debatable for the time specified, equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and a Member opposed thereto:
  Mr. Hefley of Colorado, the amendment made in order under the rule, 
for 20 minutes;
  Mr. Saxton of New Jersey, a limitation regarding foreign assets 
litigation, for 10 minutes;
  Mr. Holden of Pennsylvania, amendment numbered 23, for 5 minutes;
  Mr. Stearns of Florida, numbered 35, for 5 minutes;
  Mr. McIntosh of Indiana, either No. 50 or an amendment regarding the 
Standing Consultative Committee, for 20 minutes;
  And Mr. Kucinich of Ohio, numbered 49, under the 5-minute rule;
  And that the managers of the bill may make pro forma amendments to 
strike the last word for the purpose of engaging in colloquies.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Kentucky?
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I ask the 
gentleman to give us a clarification of the McIntosh amendment. I do 
not believe that we have seen that.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, it is either 
numbered 50, or we understand there could be a different version of 
that that would be offered.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Speaker, could we see a copy of the modified 
amendment?
  Mr. ROGERS. It is being delivered to the gentleman as I speak.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Speaker, continuing my reservation of objection, we 
have just had an opportunity to look at this. It is considerably 
different than previous versions. We would like an opportunity to 
reserve judgment on this amendment and this UC, pending a review.
  If the gentleman wants to move forward quickly on the UC, maybe we 
can pull this out, look at it and deal with this in a few minutes. We 
can come back to it as soon as we have a chance to review it, which we 
have not had a chance to do.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, the only difficulty is, this must be done in 
the full House, which we will not be in shortly.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Speaker, as we move forward on this or at the time 
we get to it, perhaps we can make an agreement.
  Mr. ROGERS. I would point out to the gentleman, we are under an open 
rule.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Speaker, I fully appreciate that, but I am having 
expressions of concern by Members who are interested in this amendment. 
I think we can resolve it and agree to it when we get down to it. I 
just cannot include that in the UC right now.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will continue to yield, 
what I am asking is, could the gentleman agree that whatever the 
amendment is, that the time limit would be 20 minutes as the UC states?
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. No, Mr. Speaker, I cannot. I understand the proposal, 
and I simply suggest to the gentleman that until Members who have an 
interest in this have an opportunity to review it, I cannot agree to 
the time limit as set forth in the UC. We could break that out and when 
we get down to it, I am sure we could work something out for Members 
who are interested in the amendment.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, I would withdraw the unanimous consent 
request until a further time, but while we are in the full House, could 
I propose that the debate on the Hefley amendment be limited to 20 
minutes?
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. I believe it is limited under the rule, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Hefley amendment already is 20 minutes 
under the rule.
  Does the gentleman withdraw his request?
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw the unanimous consent request.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.

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