[House Report 106-136]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    106-136

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      PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1555, INTELLIGENCE 
                 AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000

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May 12, 1999.--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. 167]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 167, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                  summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 1555, 
the ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000,'' 
under a modified open rule. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate divided equally between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence.
    The rule makes in order the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. 
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 waives points of order 
against the amendment in the nature of a substitute for failure 
to comply with clause 7 of rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane 
amendments).
    The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in 
the Congressional Record. The rule provides that each amendment 
printed in the Congressional Record may be offered only by the 
Member who caused it to be printed or his designee, and each 
amendment shall be considered as read.
    The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and to 
reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed question if 
the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
    The waiver of clause 7 of rule XVI against the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute is necessary because of the addition 
of title V in the amendment in the nature of a substitute, 
which was not in the original bill and broadens the scope of 
the bill.