H.R.1775: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998

Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 0.

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent). H. Rept. 105-135, Part I.

Referred sequentially to the House Committee on National Security for a period ending not later than July 1, 1997 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(k), rule X.

Committee on National Security discharged.

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 97.

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 179 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1775 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be read by title. Specified amendments are in order. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence now printed in the bill. No amendment to the substitute shall be in order unless printed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose.

Rule H. Res. 179 passed House.

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 179.

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1775 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be read by title. Specified amendments are in order. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence now printed in the bill. No amendment to the substitute shall be in order unless printed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose.

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 179 and Rule XXIII.

The Speaker designated the Honorable William M. "Mac" Thornberry to act as Chairman of the Committee.

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate.

DEBATE - Pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the Conyers amendment and all amendments thereto.

Mr. Goss moved that the committee rise.

On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 1775 as unfinished business.

Mr. Goss asked unanimous consent that during the further consideration of the bill pursuant to H. Res. 179 the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone until a request for a recorded vote on any amendment, and reduce to a minimum of five minutes the time for an electronic vote after the first 15 minute vote in any series of votes; that the time for debate on the Frank (MA), and all amendments thereto, be limited to 30 minutes; and the time for debate on the Waters amendment Nos. 6, and 7, and all amendments thereto, be limited to one hour each. Agreed to without objection.

Considered as unfinished business.

The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Frank amendment.

At the conclusion of debate, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the Frank amendment and announced that, by voice vote, the amendment was not agreed to. Mr. Frank objected to the vote on grounds that a quorum was not present and made a point of order that a quorum was not present. Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, further proceedings were postponed and the point of no quorum was withdrawn.

DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Waters amendment.

DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole resumed debate.

The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1775.

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

On passage Passed by voice vote.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1775.

Laid on the table. See S. 858 for further action.