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House Calendar No. 94

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 261

[Report No. 106–264]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2605) making appropriations

for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September

30, 2000, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 26, 1999

Mr. LINDER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution

which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2605) making

appropriations for energy and water development for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other

purposes.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of

3 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 2605) making appropriations for

6 energy and water development for the fiscal year ending
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1 September 30, 2000, and for other purposes. The first

2 reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order

3 against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with

4 clause 4 of rule XIII are waived. General debate shall be

5 confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally

6 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi7 nority member of the Committee on Appropriations. After

8 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

9 under the five-minute rule. Points of order against provi10 sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 or

11 clause 5(a) of rule XXI are waived except as follows: page

12 7, line 1, through page 9, line 2; page 36, lines 21 through

13 25. During consideration of the bill for amendment, the

14 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may accord pri15 ority in recognition on the basis of whether the Member

16 offering an amendment has caused it to be printed in the

17 portion of the Congressional Record designated for that

18 purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed

19 shall be considered as read. The Chairman of the Com20 mittee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

21 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re22 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re23 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot24 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec25 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the
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1 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se2 ries of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion

3 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

4 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such

5 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous

6 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

7 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

8 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in9 structions.
House Calendar No. 94

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 261

[Report No. 106–264]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2605)

30, 2000, and for other purposes.velopment for the fiscal year ending Septembermaking appropriations for energy and water deJULY 26, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed