[House Report 106-147]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    106-147

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             PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1654,
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1999

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May 18, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 174]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 174, 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. 1654, 
the ``National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
Authorization Act of 1999,'' under an open rule. The rule 
provides one hour of general debate equally divided between the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Science.
    The rule waives points of order against consideration of 
the bill for failure to comply with clause 4(a) of rule XIII 
(requiring a three-day layover of the committee report). The 
rule makes in order as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Science and now printed in the 
bill.
    The rule provides that the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute 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 authorizes the Chair to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have preprinted their amendments in 
the Congressional Record. The rule allows for 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 4(a) of rule XIII is necessary because 
the Committee on Science did not file the report in the House 
until Tuesday, May 18, and the bill is expected to be 
considered on the floor on May 19. The waiver of clause 7 of 
rule XVI is necessary because section 219 of the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on Science and printed in the bill is a provision 
which falls into the jurisdiction of the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce.

                                  
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