[House Report 104-616]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     104-616
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   PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3603, AGRICULTURE, RURAL 
    DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                       APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 1997

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   June 10, 1996.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 451]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 451, 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. 3603, 
the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 
1997'' under an open rule. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate divided equally between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
    The rule waives clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI (3 day layover), 
clause 7 of rule XXI (3 day availability of printed hearings 
and reports on appropriation bills), or section 302(c) of the 
Budget Act (subcommittee allocation requirement) against 
consideration of the bill.
    The rule waives clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting 
unauthorized appropriations and legislation on general 
appropriations) and clause 6 of rule XXI (prohibiting 
reappropriations) against the bill.
    Members who have preprinted their amendments in the Record 
prior to their consideration will be given priority in 
recognition to offer their amendments if otherwise consistent 
with House rules.
    The rule 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 immediately follows another 
recorded vote and that the voting time on the first in a series 
of votes is not less than 15 minutes.
    The rule further provides that after the reading of the 
final lines of the bill, a motion to rise, if offered by the 
Majority Leader or a designee, will have precedence over a 
motion to amend.
    The rule provides for one motion to recommit, with or 
without instructions.
    Finally, the rule provides in section 2 that the section 
602(b) allocations in the budget resolution conference report 
will be in effect for the consideration of this bill.

                                
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