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House Calendar No. 238

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 525

[Report No. 106–675]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4635) making appropriations

for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 13, 2000

Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, 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. 4635) making

appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs

and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry

independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations,

and offices 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
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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 4635) making appropriations for

3 the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and

4 Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies,

5 boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis6 cal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other pur7 poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

8 All points of order against consideration of the bill are

9 waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and

10 shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled

11 by the chairman and ranking minority member of the

12 Committee on Appropriations. After general debate the

13 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five14 minute rule. Points of order against provisions in the bill

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

16 except as follows: beginning with ‘‘except that’’ on page

17 63, line 4, through ‘‘drinking water contaminants’’ on line

18 8; page 67, lines 4 through 14. Where points of order are

19 waived against part of a paragraph, points of order

20 against a provision in another part of such paragraph may

21 be made only against such provision and not against the

22 entire paragraph. During consideration of the bill for

23 amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

24 may accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether

25 the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be
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1 printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des2 ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amend3 ments so printed shall be considered as read. The Chair4 man of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone

5 until a time during further consideration in the Committee

6 of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amend7 ment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time

8 for electronic voting on any postponed question that fol9 lows another electronic vote without intervening business,

10 provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on

11 the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.

12 During consideration of the bill, points of order against

13 amendments for failure to comply with clause 2(e) of rule

14 XXI are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the

15 bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report

16 the bill to the House with such amendments as may have

17 been adopted. The previous question shall be considered

18 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

19 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

20 recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 238

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 525

[Report No. 106–675]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4635)

making appropriations for the Departments ofVeterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies,boards, commissions, corporations, and officesfor the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001,and for other purposes.

JUNE 13, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed