[House Report 105-818]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                 No. 105-818
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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS IN PREPARATION FOR 
             THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE SECOND SESSION SINE DIE

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  October 13, 1998.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 594]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 594, 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 action on certain resolutions 
in preparation for the adjournment of the second session sine 
die. These include: (1) consideration of a joint resolution 
appointing the day for the convening of the first session of 
the 106th Congress, subject to one hour of debate in the House 
equally divided between the Majority Leader and the Minority 
Leader or their designees and one motion to commit; (2) the 
adoption of a House resolution providing that any 
organizational caucus or conference in the House of 
Representatives for the 106th Congress may begin on or after 
November 18, 1998; (3) the adoption of a House resolution 
providing for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules 
and Manual of the House of Representatives for the 106th 
Congress; (4) the adoption of a House resolution providing that 
a committee of two Members of the House be appointed to wait 
upon the President of the United States and inform him that the 
House of Representatives has completed its business of the 
session and is ready to adjourn, unless the President has some 
other communication to make to them; (5) authorizing the 
Speaker, Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader to accept 
resignations and make certain appointments following the 
adjournment of the second session sine die as authorized by law 
or by the House; and (6) authorizing the chairman and ranking 
minority member of each standing committee and subcommittee to 
extend their remarks in the Congressional Record and include a 
summary of the work of their committee or subcommittee.