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House Calendar No. 224

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 504

[Report No. 106–624]

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4205) to authorize

appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military

personnel strengths for fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 17, 2000

Mrs. MYRICK, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;

which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4205)

to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for

military construction, to prescribe military personnel

strengths for fiscal year 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 further

5 consideration of the bill (H.R. 4205) to authorize appro-
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1 priations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the

2 Department of Defense and for military construction, to

3 prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2001,

4 and for other purposes.

5 SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the committee

6 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order

7 except those printed in the report of the Committee on

8 Rules accompanying this resolution and pro forma amend9 ments offered by the chairman or ranking minority mem10 ber of the Committee on Armed Services for the purpose

11 of debate.

12 (b) Except as specified in section 4 of this resolution,

13 each amendment printed in the report of the Committee

14 on Rules shall be considered only in the order printed in

15 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated

16 in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall not

17 be subject to a demand for division of the question in the

18 House or in the Committee of the Whole. Each amend19 ment printed in the report shall be debatable for the time

20 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by

21 the proponent and an opponent and shall not be subject

22 to amendment (except as specified in the report and except

23 that the chairman and ranking minority member of the

24 Committee on Armed Services each may offer one pro
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1 forma amendment for the purpose of further debate on

2 any pending amendment).

3 (c) All points of order against amendments printed

4 in the report of the Committee on Rules are waived.

5 SEC. 3. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

6 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider7 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re8 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

9 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

10 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

11 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

12 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques13 tions shall be 15 minutes.

14 SEC. 4. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

15 may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed

16 in the report of the Committee on Rules out of the order

17 printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman

18 of the Committee on Armed Services or a designee an19 nounces from the floor a request to that effect.

20 SEC. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill

21 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the

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

23 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the

24 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of

25 the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in
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1 the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be

2 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto

3 to final passage without intervening motion except one

4 motion to recommit with or without instructions.

House Calendar No. 224

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 504

[Report No. 106–624]

RESOLUTION

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R.

4205) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year2001 for military activities of the Department ofDefense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year2001, and for other purposes.

MAY 17, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed