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House Calendar No. 254

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 546

[Report No. 106–727]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4811) making appropriations

for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 11, 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. 4811) making

appropriations for foreign operations, export financing,

and related 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 consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 4811) making appropriations for
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1 foreign operations, export financing, and related programs

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

3 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis4 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of

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

6 the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and

7 controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member

8 of the Committee on Appropriations. After general debate

9 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five10 minute rule. When the reading for amendment reaches

11 section 587, that section shall be considered as read.

12 Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure

13 to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except

14 as follows: beginning with ‘‘: Provided’’ on page 11, line

15 23, through page 12, line 8; page 80, lines 18 through

16 24; page 121, line 1, through page 122, line 12. Where

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

18 points of order against a provision in another part of such

19 paragraph may be made only against such provision and

20 not against the entire paragraph. Before consideration of

21 any other amendment to section 587, it shall be in order

22 to consider, and to dispose of, an amendment to strike

23 that section. During consideration of the bill for amend24 ment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may

25 accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the
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1 Member offering an amendment has caused it to be print2 ed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated

3 for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments

4 so printed shall be considered as read. The Chairman of

5 the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a

6 time during further consideration in the Committee of the

7 Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment;

8 and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec9 tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an10 other electronic vote without intervening business, pro11 vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the

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

13 consideration of the bill, points of order against amend14 ments for failure to comply with clause 2(e) of rule XXI

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

16 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the

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

18 adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or19 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage

20 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit

21 with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 254

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 546

[Report No. 106–727]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4811)

making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and forother purposes.

JULY 11, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed