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House Calendar No. 215

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 484

[Report No. 106–602]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2957) to amend the Federal

Water Pollution Control Act to authorize funding to carry out certain

water quality restoration projects for Lake Pontchartrain Basin, Louisiana, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 2, 2000

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, 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. 2957) to amend

the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize

funding to carry out certain water quality restoration

projects for Lake Pontchartrain Basin, Louisiana, 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 consider-
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1 ation of the bill (H.R. 2957) to amend the Federal Water

2 Pollution Control Act to authorize funding to carry out

3 certain water quality restoration projects for Lake Pont4 chartrain Basin, Louisiana, and for other purposes. The

5 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of

6 order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply

7 with clause 4(a) of rule XIII are waived. General debate

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

9 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank10 ing minority member of the Committee on Transportation

11 and Infrastructure. After general debate the bill shall be

12 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It

13 shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the

14 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the

15 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by

16 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now

17 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na18 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. During

19 consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of

20 the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec21 ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an

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

23 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in

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

25 considered as read. The Chairman of the Committee of
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1 the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further

2 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

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

4 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

5 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

6 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

7 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques8 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider9 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

10 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

11 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a

12 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

13 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com14 mittee amendment in the nature a substitute. The pre15 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill

16 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter17 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or

18 without instructions.
House Calendar No. 215

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 484

[Report No. 106–602]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2957)

to amend the Federal Water Pollution ControlAct to authorize funding to carry out certainwater quality restoration projects for Lake Pontchartrain Basin, Louisiana, and for other purposes.

MAY 2, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed