[House Report 104-599]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     104-599
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                  PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF 
 
H.R. 3517, THE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS BILL, FISCAL YEAR 1997

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May 29, 1996.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 442]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 442, by a non-record 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. 3517, 
the Military Construction Appropriations bill for fiscal year 
1997, under an open rule. The rule provides for one hour of 
general debate divided equally between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
    The rule waives points of order against consideration of 
the bill for failing to comply with clause 7 of rule XXI, which 
is the 3-day requirement for availability of printed hearings 
and the committee report. The rule grants the chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole the authority to accord priority in 
recognition to those amendments that are pre-printed in the 
Congressional Record.
    The rule also waives points of order against provisions in 
the bill which do not comply with clause 2 of rule XXI, 
pertaining to unauthorized appropriations and legislation on 
general appropriations bills, and clause 6 of rule XXI, 
pertaining to transfers of unobligated balances.
    The rule also provides that the chairman of the Committee 
of the Whole may postpone recorded votes on any amendment and 
that the chairman may reduce voting time on postponed questions 
to 5 minutes, provided that the vote take place immediately 
following another recorded vote and that the voting time on the 
first in a serious of questions be not less than 15 minutes.
    The rule provides that a motion to rise and report the bill 
to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted 
shall have precedence over a motion to amend if offered by the 
majority leader or a designee, after the reading of the final 
lines of the bill.
    Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit with 
or without instructions.

                                
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