[House Report 105-511]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     105-511
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    PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3694, THE INTELLIGENCE 
                 AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999

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 May 6, 1998.--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. 420]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 420, 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. 3694, 
the ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999,'' 
under a modified open rule. The rule waives points of order 
against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with 
clause 2 (l)(6) of rule XI (requiring a 3-day layover of the 
committee report).
    The rule provides one hour of general debate divided 
equally between the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Intelligence. The rule makes in order as an 
original bill for the purposes of amendment the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in the 
bill, modified by striking section 401. The rule provides that 
the amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered 
by title and that each title shall be considered as read.
    The rule also waives points of order against the committee 
amendment for failure to comply with clause 7 of rule XVI 
(prohibiting nongermane amendments) or clause 5(b) of rule XXI 
(prohibiting tax or tariff provisions in a bill not reported by 
a committee with jurisdiction over revenue measures).
    The rule provides for consideration of only those 
amendments that have been pre-printed in the Congressional 
Record, and that those amendments shall be considered as read. 
The rule also permits the Chairman of the Committee of the 
Whole to postpone the vote on any amendment and reduce voting 
time to five minutes on any series of questions, provided that 
the first vote shall be not less than 15 minutes.
    Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit, with 
or without instructions.

                                
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