[House Report 104-577]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     104-577
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  PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, HOUSE 
 
 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 178, THE BUDGET RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

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May 15, 1996.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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   Mr. Solomon, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 435]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 435, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

               brief summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of House 
Concurrent Resolution 178, the ``Budget Resolution for Fiscal 
Year 1997'' under a modified closed rule. The rule provides for 
no further general debate and the concurrent resolution shall 
be considered as read.
    The rule provides for consideration of only those 
amendments designated in section 2 of the resolution which may 
be offered only in the order designated, may be offered only by 
the Member designated or a designee, shall be considered as 
read, shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be 
subject to amendment. The rule also waives all points of order 
against the amendments designated in section 2 of the 
resolution.
    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 rule also provides that after the conclusion of 
consideration of the concurrent resolution for amendment, there 
will be 40 minutes of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on the Budget.
    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 amendments in the nature of a substitute that are made 
in order are: (1) an amendment to be offered by Representative 
Payne of New Jersey, or a designee (2) an amendment to be 
offered by Representative Orton of Utah, or a designee and (3) 
an amendment to be offered by Representative Sabo of Minnesota, 
or which may be offered by any Member, or which shall be 
considered as pending.
    The concurrent resolution shall not be subject to a demand 
for a division of the question of its adoption.
    The resolution further provides that if House Concurrent 
Resolution 178 is agreed to, allocations of spending and credit 
responsibilities in House Report 104-575 shall be considered as 
the allocations otherwise required by section 602(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974. However, upon adoption by the 
Congress of a concurrent resolution on the budget, this shall 
cease to apply.
    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 1997.

                            committee votes

    Pursuant to clause 2(l)(2)(B) of House rule XI the results 
of each rollcall vote on an amendment or motion to report, 
together with the names of those voting for and against, are 
printed below:

Rules Committee Rollcall No. 315

    Date: May 15, 1997.
    Measure: House Concurrent Resolution 178, establishing the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels 
for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
    Motion by: Mr. Moakley.
    Summary of motion: Strike the provisions in the rule 
permitting any Member to offer Representative Sabo's substitute 
amendment, or failing that, to consider it as pending.
    Results: Rejected 4 to 8.
    Vote by Members: Quillen--Nay; Dreier--Nay; Goss--Nay; 
Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-Balart--Nay; Greene--Nay; 
Moakley--Yea; Beilenson--Yea; Frost--Yea; Hall--Yea; Solomon--
Nay.

                                
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