[House Report 105-622]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     105-622
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  PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4104, THE TREASURY, POSTAL 
       SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 1999

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   July 14, 1998.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 498]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 498, 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. 4104, 
the ``Treasury, Postal Service and General Government 
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 consideration of 
the bill for failure to comply with section 306 of the 
Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of 
legislation within the Budget Committee's jurisdiction, unless 
reported by the Budget Committee). The rule waives points of 
order against section 628 for failure to comply with clause 2 
of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions 
in a general appropriations bill).
    The rule accords priority in recognition to those 
amendments that are pre-printed in the Congressional Record. 
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 voting time on the first in a series 
of questions is not less than 15 minutes. Finally, the rule 
provides for one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.