1. Open rule.

2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided between the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

3. Waives points of order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI (requiring a three-day layover of the committee report), clause 7 of rule XXI (requiring relevant printed hearings and reports to be available for three-days prior to the consideration of a general appropriations bill) and section 401(a) of the Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of legislation, as reported, providing new contract, borrowing or credit authority that is not limited to amounts provided in appropriation acts).

4. Waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations and legislative provisions in an appropriations bill) and clause 6 (prohibiting reappropriations in a general appropriations bill) of rule XXI.

5. Provides for consideration of the amendments printed in the Rules Committee report, which may only be offered by a Member designated in the report and only at the appropriate point in the reading of the bill, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified and shall not be subject to further amendment or to a demand for a division of the question.

6. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the Rules Committee report.

7. Permits the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to accord priority in recognition to those Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record prior to their consideration.

8. Allows the Chairman to postpone recorded votes and to reduce to five minutes the voting time on any postponed question, provided voting time on the first in any series of questions in not less than 15 minutes.

9. Provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions.

Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4276) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI, clause 7 of rule XXI, or section 401(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are waived. The amendments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution may be offered only by a Member designated in the report and only at the appropriate point in the reading of the bill, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against the amendments printed in the report are waived. During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed question that follows another electronic vote without intervening business, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such further amendments as may have been adopted. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

Mollohan Substitute Bureau of the Census language which does the following: strikes language in the bill that fences half of the FY 1999 appropriation for the decennial census until subsequent legislation releasing the funds is enacted; facilitates resolution by the courts of constitutional and legal issues surrounding the census; and enlists the aid of the National Academy of Sciences to help resolve technical statistical issues of census methodology. 60 minutes

Callahan Provides jurisdictional parity for fisheries enforcement for the states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi with the states of Florida and Texas by replacing the nine mile provisions contained in the bill with "3 marine leagues," the actual amount of state jurisdiction currently enjoyed by Texas and Florida, and establishes July 1, 1999 as the effective date for this provision. 20 minutes

Hefley Prevents the use of funds in this act or any other act from being used to implement, administer or enforce Executive Order 13087 of May 28, 1998. The executive order amends a 1969 executive order by adding "sexual orientation" as a new category to civil rights laws as they apply to federal workers and federal grant recipients. Prevents the use of funds in this act or any other act from being used to implement, administer or enforce Executive Order 13083, titled Federalism, of May 14, 1998. 20 minutes