[House Report 104-581]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     104-581
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                  PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF
 
  H.R. 3259, THE INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

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May 16, 1996.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 437]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 437, 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 H.R. 3259, 
the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 1997 under a 
modified open rule. The rule provides for one hour of general 
debate divided equally between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence.
    The rule waives section 302(f) (prohibiting consideration 
of legislation which exceeds a committee's allocation of new 
entitlement authority), section 308(a) (requiring a cost 
estimate in the committee report on new entitlement authority), 
and section 401(a) (prohibiting consideration of legislation 
containing contract authority not previously subject to 
appropriation) of the Budget Act against consideration of the 
bill.
    The rule makes in order for consideration for amendment 
under the five minute rule the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute now printed in the bill, which shall be considered 
by title and considered as read.
    The rule further waives clause 7 of rule XVI (germaneness), 
clause 5(b) of rule XXI (prohibition of consideration of 
legislation containing revenue provisions if not considered by 
the Committee on Ways and Means), and section 302(f) (providing 
consideration of legislation which exceeds a committee's 
allocation of new entitlement authority) and section 401(a) 
(providing consideration of legislation containing contract 
authority not previously subject to appropriation) of the 
Budget Act against the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
    The rule makes in order only those amendments to the 
substitute which are pre-printed in the Congressional Record 
and allows for the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to 
postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and to reduce 
votes to five minutes on a postponed question if the vote 
follows a fifteen minute vote.
    Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit with 
or without instructions.

                                
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