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House Calendar No. 214

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 483

[Report No. 106–601]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 673) to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to the

Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other appropriate agencies for

the purpose of improving water quality throughout the marine ecosystem

of the Florida Keys.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 2, 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. 673) to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection

Agency to make grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct

Authority and other appropriate agencies for the purpose

of improving water quality throughout the marine ecosystem of the Florida Keys.

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. 673) to authorize the Administrator

3 of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants

4 to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other appro5 priate agencies for the purpose of improving water quality

6 throughout the marine ecosystem of the Florida Keys. The

7 first reading of the bill will be dispensed with. Points of

8 order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply

9 with clause 4(a) of rule XIII are waived. General debate

10 shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour

11 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank12 ing minority member of the Committee on Transportation

13 and Infrastructure. After general debate the bill shall be

14 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It

15 shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the

16 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the

17 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by

18 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now

19 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na20 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. During

21 consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of

22 the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec23 ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an

24 amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of

25 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in
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1 clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be

2 considered as read. The Chairman of the Committee of

3 the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further

4 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

5 a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

6 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

7 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

8 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

9 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques10 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider11 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

12 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

13 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a

14 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

15 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com16 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre17 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill

18 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter19 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or

20 without instructions.
House Calendar No. 214

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 483

[Report No. 106–601]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 673)

to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to theFlorida Keys Aqueduct Authority and other appropriate agencies for the purpose of improvingwater quality throughout the marine ecosystemof the Florida Keys.

MAY 2, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed