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House Calendar No. 57

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 175

[Report No. 106–148]

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1553) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 and fiscal year 2001 for the National Weather

Service, Atmospheric Research, and National Environmental Satellite,

Data and Information Service activities of the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 18, 1999

Mr. REYNOLDS, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1553) to

authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 and fiscal

year 2001 for the National Weather Service, Atmospheric

Research, and National Environmental Satellite, Data

and Information Service activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 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. 1553) to authorize appropriations

3 for fiscal year 2000 and fiscal year 2001 for the National

4 Weather Service, Atmospheric Research, and National En5 vironmental Satellite, Data and Information Service ac6 tivities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis7 tration, and for other purposes. The first reading of the

8 bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order against consid9 eration of the bill for failure to comply with clause 4(a)

10 of rule XIII are waived. General debate shall be confined

11 to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided

12 and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority

13 member of the Committee on Science. After general debate

14 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five15 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original

16 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute

17 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec18 ommended by the Committee on Science now printed in

19 the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a sub20 stitute shall be considered as read. During consideration

21 of the bill for amendment, the chairman of the Committee

22 of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the

23 basis of whether the Member offering an amendment has

24 caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional

25 Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule
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1 XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as

2 read. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may:

3 (1) postpone until a time during further consideration in

4 the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote

5 on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the

6 minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed

7 question that follows another electronic vote without inter8 vening business, provided that the minimum time for elec9 tronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall

10 be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consideration of the

11 bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report

12 the bill to the House with such amendments as may have

13 been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote

14 in the House on any amendment adopted in the Com15 mittee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amend16 ment in the nature of a substitute. The previous question

17 shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

18 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

19 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 57

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 175

[Report No. 106–148]

RESOLUTION

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

purposes.and Atmospheric Administration, and for othermation Service activities of the National Oceanictional Environmental Satellite, Data and InforWeather Service, Atmospheric Research, and Na2000 and fiscal year 2001 for the National1553) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year

MAY 18, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed