[House Report 106-4]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





106th Congress                                                   Report
  1st Session           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                  106-4

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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 99, THE TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF 
                FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS

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  February 2, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 31]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 31, 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. 99, 
the ``Temporary Extension of Federal Aviation Administration 
Programs'' 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 Transportation and 
Infrastructure.
    The rule waives clause 4(a) of Rule XIII (requiring a 
three-day layover of the committee report) and sections 302(f) 
(prohibiting consideration of legislation providing new budget 
authority in excess of a subcommittee's 302(b) allocation) and 
303(a) (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) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 against the 
consideration of the bill.
    The rule makes in order the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute printed in the Congressional Record and numbered 1, 
which shall be considered as read. The rule further waives 
clause 7 of Rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane amendments) and 
sections 302(f) and 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 against the amendment in the nature of a substitute.
    Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the 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 
instructions.
    The waivers of the Budget Act are 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. Also, the waiver of 
clause 7 of Rule XVI is necessary because Title II of the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute was not part of the 
introduced bill. Title II is language from the Ways and Means 
Committee that allows expenditures from the Aviation trust 
fund. Finally, the waiver of clause 4(a) of Rule XIII is needed 
because the report of H.R. 99 was not filed until Tuesday, 
February 2, and the bill is expected to be considered on the 
House floor on Wednesday, February 3.

                                
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