[House Report 106-14]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





106th Congress                                                   Report
  1st Session           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 106-14

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  PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 436, THE GOVERNMENT WASTE, 
                 FRAUD AND ERROR REDUCTION ACT OF 1999

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  February 9, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 43]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 43, 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. 436, 
the ``Government Waste, Fraud and Error Reduction Act of 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 Government Reform.
    The rule waives section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act 
(prohibiting consideration of legislation providing new budget 
authority or contract authority for a fiscal year until the 
budget resolution for that fiscal year has been agreed to) 
against the consideration of the bill. The rule also provides 
that the bill will be considered as read.
    Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the 
Congressional Record prior to their consideration will be given 
priority in recognition to offer their amendments if otherwise 
consistent with House rules. The rule allows for the Chairman 
of the Committee of the Whole to postpone votes during 
consideration of the bill, and to reduce votes to five minutes 
on a postponed question if the vote follows a fifteen minute 
vote. Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit, 
with or without instruction.
    The waiver of section 303 of the Budget Act is necessary 
because there is no FY 1999 budget resolution and Budget 
Committee Chairman Kasich has not yet published in the 
Congressional Record budget allocations pursuant to House 
Resolution 5.

                                
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