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House Calendar No. 237

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 524

[Report No. 106–671]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4578) making appropriations

for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal

year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 12, 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. 4578) making

appropriations for the Department of the Interior and

related agencies for the fiscal year ending September

30, 2001, 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. 4578) making appropriations for
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1 the Department of the Interior and related agencies for

2 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other

3 purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed

4 with. All points of order against consideration of the bill

5 are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill

6 and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con7 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

8 the Committee on Appropriations. After general debate

9 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five10 minute rule. Points of order against provisions in the bill

11 for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived

12 except as follows: beginning with ‘‘: Provided further’’ on

13 page 18, line 6, through line 19. Where points of order

14 are waived against part of a paragraph, points of order

15 against a provision in another part of such paragraph may

16 be made only against such provision and not against the

17 entire paragraph. During consideration of the bill for

18 amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

19 may accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether

20 the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be

21 printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des22 ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amend23 ments so printed shall be considered as read. The Chair24 man of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone

25 until a time during further consideration in the Committee
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1 of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amend2 ment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time

3 for electronic voting on any proposed question that follows

4 another electronic vote without intervening business, pro5 vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the

6 first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. During

7 consideration of the bill, points of order against amend8 ments for failure to comply with clause 2(e) of rule XXI

9 are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill

10 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the

11 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been

12 adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or13 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage

14 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit

15 with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 237

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 524

[Report No. 106–671]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4578)

making appropriations for the Department of theInterior and related agencies for the fiscal yearending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

JUNE 12, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed