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House Calendar No. 102

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 275

[Report No. 106–292]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2684) making appropriations

for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 5 (legislative day, AUGUST 4), 1999

Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, 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. 2684) making

appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs

and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry

independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations,

and offices 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
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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 2684) making appropriations for

3 the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and

4 Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies,

5 boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis6 cal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur7 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

8 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not

9 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the

10 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

11 on Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be

12 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

13 Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure

14 to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except

15 as follows: beginning with ‘‘Provided’’ on page 70, line 15,

16 through ‘‘Act:’’ on line 22; and page 93, lines 1 through

17 6. Where points of order are waived against part of a

18 paragraph, points of order against a provision in another

19 part of such paragraph may be made only against such

20 provision and not against the entire paragraph. Before

21 consideration of any other amendment it shall be in order

22 to consider the amendment printed in the report of the

23 Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, which

24 may be offered only by a Member designated in the report,

25 shall be considered as read, may amend portions of the
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1 bill not yet read for amendment, shall be debatable for

2 the time specified in the report equally divided and con3 trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be

4 subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de5 mand for division of the question in the House or in the

6 Committee of the Whole. Points of order against the

7 amendment printed in the report for failure to comply

8 with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. During consider9 ation of the bill for further amendment, the Chairman of

10 the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec11 ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an

12 amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of

13 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in

14 clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be

15 considered as read. The Chairman of the Committee of

16 the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further

17 consideration in the committee of the Whole a request for

18 a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

19 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

20 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

21 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

22 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques23 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider24 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

25 and report the bill to the House with such amendments
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1 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall

2 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

3 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

4 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

House Calendar No. 102

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 275

[Report No. 106–292]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2684)

and for other purposes.for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,boards, commissions, corporations, and officesopment, and for sundry independent agencies,Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develmaking appropriations for the Departments of

AUGUST 5 (legislative day, AUGUST 4), 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed