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House Calendar No. 223

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 503

[Report No. 106–621]

Providing for 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 (legislative day, MAY 16), 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 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 consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 4205) to authorize appropriations
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1 for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the Depart2 ment of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe

3 military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2001, and for

4 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis5 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of

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

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

8 controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member

9 of the Committee on Armed Services. After general debate

10 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five11 minute rule.

12 SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi13 nal bill for purpose of amendment under the five-minute

14 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec15 ommended by the Committee on Armed Services now

16 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na17 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points

18 of order against the committee amendment in the nature

19 of a substitute are waived.

20 (b) No amendment to the committee amendment in

21 the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those

22 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom23 panying this resolution or specified by a subsequent order

24 of the House, amendments en bloc described in section 3

25 of this resolution, and pro forma amendments offered by
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1 the chairman or ranking minority member of the Com2 mittee on Armed Services for the purpose of debate.

3 (c) Except as specified in section 5 of this resolution,

4 each amendment printed in the report of the Committee

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

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

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

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

9 House or in the Committee of the Whole. Unless otherwise

10 specified in the report, each amendment printed in the re11 port shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and

12 controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not

13 be subject to amendment (except that the chairman and

14 ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed

15 Services each may offer one pro forma amendment for the

16 purpose of further debate on any pending amendment).

17 (d) All points of order against amendments printed

18 in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments

19 en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived.

20 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair21 man of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee

22 to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments

23 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules not earlier

24 disposed of or germane modifications of any such amend25 ment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this sec-
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1 tion shall be considered as read (except that modifications

2 shall be reported), shall be debatable for 40 minutes equal3 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi4 nority member of the Committee on Armed Services or

5 their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and

6 shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques7 tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. For

8 the purpose of inclusion in such amendments en bloc, an

9 amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may

10 be modified to the form of a germane perfecting amend11 ment to the text originally proposed to be stricken. The

12 original proponent of an amendment included in such

13 amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Con14 gressional Record immediately before the disposition of

15 the amendments en bloc.

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

17 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider18 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re19 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

20 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

21 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

22 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

23 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques24 tions shall be 15 minutes.
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1 SEC. 5. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

2 may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed

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

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

5 of the Committee on Armed Services or a designee an6 nounces from the floor a request to that effect.

7 SEC. 6. After disposition of the amendments printed

8 in the report of the Committee on Rules, the Committee

9 of the Whole shall rise without motion. No further consid10 eration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a

11 subsequent order of the House.
House Calendar No. 223

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 503

[Report No. 106–621]

RESOLUTION

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

to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribemilitary personnel strengths for fiscal year 2001,and for other purposes.

MAY 17 (legislative day, MAY 16), 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed