[House Report 105-585]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     105-585
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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4059, THE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
                       APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 1999

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   June 18, 1998.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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 Mr. Diaz-Balart, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 477]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 477, 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. 4059, 
the ``Military Construction Appropriations Bill, 1999'' 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 points of order against provisions in the 
bill which do not comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting 
unauthorized appropriations and legislation on general 
appropriations bills), and clause 6 of rule XXI (prohibiting 
transfers of unobligated balances).
    Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Record 
prior to their consideration will be given priority to offer 
their amendments if otherwise consistent with House rules.
    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 takes place immediately 
following another recorded vote and that the voting time on the 
first in a series of questions be not less than 15 minutes. The 
rule also provides for one motion to recommit, with or without 
instructions.
    Finally, section 2 of the rule provides that, pending the 
adoption by the Congress of a concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 1999, the following allocations 
contemplated by section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 shall be considered as made to the Committee on 
Appropriations:
          (a) New discretionary budget authority: 
        $531,961,000,000.
          (b) Discretionary outlays: $562,277,000,000.
          (c) New mandatory budget authority: $298,105,000,000.
          (d) Mandatory outlays: $290,858,000,000.

                                
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