[House Report 105-197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 1st Session                                                    105-197
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 PROVIDING FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2160, AGRICULTURE, RURAL 
    DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998

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   July 23 (legislative day, July 22), 1997.--Referred to the House 
                   Calendar and ordered to be printed

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Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 193]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 193, 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 further consideration of H.R. 
2160, ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for 
Fiscal Year 1998'' under a modified closed rule.
    The rule waives points of order against provisions in the 
bill for failure to comply with clause 2 (prohibiting 
unauthorized appropriations and legislative provisions in an 
appropriations bill) and clause 6 (prohibiting reappropriations 
in an appropriations bill) of rule XXI, except as specified in 
the rule.
    The rule provides that no further amendments shall be in 
order except: amendments printed before July 22, 1997 in the 
Congressional Record; the amendments printed in the 
Congressional Record and numbered 21, 22, and 23 on July 22, 
1997; and the amendment by Representative Obey pending when the 
Committee of the Whole rose on July 22, 1997.
    The rule provides that each amendment made in order shall 
be considered as read and shall be debatable for ten minutes 
(except as otherwise specified in section 2 of the resolution) 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent.
    The rule allows the Chairman to postpone votes and reduce 
to five minutes the voting time on any postponed question, 
provided voting time on the first in any series of questions is 
not less than 15 minutes.
    The rule provides that after a motion that the Committee 
rise has been rejected on a day, another such motion on that 
day may be entertained only if offered by the Chairman of the 
Committee on Appropriations or the Majority Leader or their 
designee.
    The rule provides that after a motion to strike out the 
enacting words of the bill has been rejected, the Chairman of 
the Committee of the Whole may not entertain another such 
motion during further consideration of the bill.
    Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.

                                
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