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House Calendar No. 193

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 450

[Report No. 106–549]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3908) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 28, 2000

Mr. GOSS, 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. 3908) making

emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal

year ending September 30, 2000, 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. 3908) making emergency supple6 mental appropriations for the fiscal year ending Sep7 tember 30, 2000, and for other purposes. The first reading
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1 of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order

2 against consideration of the bill are waived. General de3 bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one

4 hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and

5 ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropria6 tions. After general debate the bill shall be considered for

7 amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order

8 against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with

9 clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except as follows: page

10 58, lines 9 through 17. Before consideration of any other

11 amendment it shall be in order to consider the amend12 ments printed in part A of the report of the Committee

13 on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each amendment

14 printed in part A of the report may be considered only

15 in the order printed in the report. The amendments print16 ed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules may

17 be offered only at the appropriate point in the reading of

18 the bill. The amendments printed in the report of the

19 Committee on Rules may be offered only by a Member

20 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall

21 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally

22 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent,

23 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub24 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House

25 or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order
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1 against the amendments printed in the report are waived.

2 During consideration of the bill for further amendment,

3 the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may accord

4 priority in recognition on the basis of whether the Member

5 offering an amendment has caused it to be printed in the

6 portion of the Congressional Record designated for that

7 purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed

8 shall be considered as read. The Chairman of the Com9 mittee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

10 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re11 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re12 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot13 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec14 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

15 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se16 ries of questions shall be 15 minutes. During consideration

17 of the bill, points of order against amendments for failure

18 to comply with clause 2(e) of rule XXI are waived. At the

19 conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the

20 Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with

21 such amendments as may have been adopted. The previous

22 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

23 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

24 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in25 structions.

House Calendar No. 193

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 450

[Report No. 106–549]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3908)

making emergency supplemental appropriationsfor the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,and for other purposes.

MARCH 28, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed