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House Calendar No. 200

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 468

[Report No. 106–571]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2328) to amend the Federal

Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Clean Lakes Program.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 11, 2000

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 consideration of the bill (H.R. 2328) to amend

the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize

the Clean Lakes Program.

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. 2328) to amend the Federal Water

6 Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Clean Lakes Pro7 gram. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.
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1 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not

2 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the

3 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

4 on Transportation and Infrastructure. After general de5 bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the

6 five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an

7 original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five8 minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute

9 recommended by the Committee on Transportation and

10 Infrastructure now printed in the bill. Each section of the

11 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall

12 be considered as read. Points of order against the com13 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute for failure

14 to comply with clause 7 of rule XVI are waived. During

15 consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of

16 the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec17 ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an

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

19 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in

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

21 considered as read. The Chairman of the Committee of

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

23 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

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

25 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any
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1 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

2 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

3 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques4 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider5 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

6 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

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

8 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

9 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com10 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre11 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill

12 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter13 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or

14 without instructions.
House Calendar No. 200

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 468

[Report No. 106–571]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2328)

to amend the Federal Water Pollution ControlAct to reauthorize the Clean Lakes Program.

APRIL 11, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed