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House Calendar No. 93

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 260

[Report No. 106–263]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2587) making appropriations

for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities

chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said District 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. 2587) making

appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in

part against revenues of said District 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. 2587) making appropriations for
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1 the government of the District of Columbia and other ac2 tivities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of

3 said District for the fiscal year ending September 30,

4 2000, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill

5 shall be dispensed with. Points of order against consider6 ation of the bill for failure to comply with clause 4(c) of

7 rule XIII or section 306 or section 401 of the Congres8 sional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General debate

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

10 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank11 ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

12 After general debate the bill shall be considered for

13 amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order

14 against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with

15 clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. The amendments printed

16 in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying

17 this resolution may be offered only by a Member des18 ignated in the report and only at the appropriate point

19 in the reading of the bill, shall be considered as read, shall

20 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally

21 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent,

22 and shall not be subject to amendment. All points of order

23 against the amendments printed in the report are waived.

24 During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chair25 man of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority
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1 in recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering

2 an amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion

3 of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose

4 in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall

5 be considered as read. The Chairman of the Committee

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

7 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

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

9 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

10 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

11 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

12 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques13 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider14 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

15 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

16 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall

17 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. 93

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 260

[Report No. 106–263]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2587)

2000, and for other purposes.District for the fiscal year ending September 30,able in whole or in part against revenues of saidDistrict of Columbia and other activities chargemaking appropriations for the government of the

JULY 26, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed