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House Calendar No. 247

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 538

[Report No. 106–704]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4461) making appropriations

for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,

and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September

30, 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 27, 2000

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, 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. 4461) making

appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food

and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs 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 consider-
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1 ation of the bill (H.R. 4461) making appropriations for

2 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis3 tration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year

4 ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes. The

5 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points

6 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen7 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex8 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair9 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

10 Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be con11 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. When

12 the reading for amendment reaches title VIII, that title

13 shall be considered as read. Points of order against provi14 sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule

15 XXI are waived except as follows: page 74, line 19,

16 through page 75, line 4; page 84, line 21, through page

17 96, line 4. During consideration of the bill for amendment,

18 the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may accord

19 priority in recognition on the basis of whether the Member

20 offering an amendment has caused it to be printed in the

21 portion of the Congressional Record designated for that

22 purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed

23 shall be considered as read. The Chairman of the Com24 mittee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

25 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re-
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1 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re2 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot3 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec4 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

5 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se6 ries of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion

7 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

8 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such

9 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous

10 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

11 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

12 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in13 structions.

14 SEC. 2. House Resolution 513 is laid on the table.
House Calendar No. 247

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 538

[Report No. 106–704]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4461)

making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, andRelated Agencies programs for the fiscal yearending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

JUNE 27, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed