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House Calendar No. 100

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 273

[Report No. 106–284]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2670) making appropriations

for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary,

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 3, 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. 2670) making

appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies 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. 2670) making appropriations for
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1 the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Ju2 diciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending

3 September 30, 2000, and for other purposes. The first

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

5 against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with

6 clause 4 of rule XIII and section 306 of the Congressional

7 Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General debate shall be

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

9 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi10 nority member of the Committee on Appropriations. After

11 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

12 under the five-minute rule. Points of order against provi13 sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule

14 XXI are waived. The amendments printed in the report

15 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution

16 may be offered only by a Member designated in the report

17 and only at the appropriate point in the reading of the

18 bill, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the

19 time specified in the report equally divided and controlled

20 by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be sub21 ject to amendment. All points of order against the amend22 ments printed in the report are waived. During consider23 ation of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the Com24 mittee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on

25 the basis of whether the Member offering an amendment
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1 has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congres2 sional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of

3 rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered

4 as read. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

5 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider6 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re7 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

8 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

9 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

10 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

11 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques12 tions shall be 15 minutes. During consideration of the bill,

13 points of order against amendments for failure to comply

14 with clause 2(e) of rule XXI are waived. At the conclusion

15 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

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

17 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous

18 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

19 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

20 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in21 structions.
House Calendar No. 100

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 273

[Report No. 106–284]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2670)

tember 30, 2000, and for other purposes.related agencies for the fiscal year ending SepCommerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, andmaking appropriations for the Departments of

AUGUST 3, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed