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House Calendar No. 263

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 560

[Report No. 106–767]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4871) making appropriations

for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the

Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies,

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 19, 2000

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. 4871) making

appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United

States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent 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. 4871) making appropriations for
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HRES 560 RH

1 the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Serv2 ice, the Executive Office of the President, and certain

3 Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sep4 tember 30, 2001, and for other purposes. The first reading

5 of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order

6 against consideration of the bill are waived. General de7 bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one

8 hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and

9 ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropria10 tions. After general debate the bill shall be considered for

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

12 against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with

13 clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except as follows: page

14 62, line 17, through page 63, line 2. During the consider15 ation of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the Com16 mittee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on

17 the basis of whether the Member offering an amendment

18 has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congres19 sional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of

20 rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered

21 as read. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

22 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider23 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re24 corded 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. The previous question shall

8 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

9 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

10 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 263

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 560

[Report No. 106–767]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4871)

making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

JULY 19, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed