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House Calendar No. 96

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 263

[Report No. 106–269]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2606) making appropriations

for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 27, 1999

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. 2606) making

appropriations for foreign operations, export financing,

and related programs 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. 2606) making appropriations for
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1 foreign operations, export financing, and related programs

2 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for

3 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis4 pensed with. General debate shall be confined to the bill

5 and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con6 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

7 the Committee on Appropriations. After general debate

8 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five9 minute rule. Points of order against provisions in the bill

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

11 Before consideration of any other amendment it shall be

12 in order to consider the amendments printed in part A

13 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying

14 this resolution. Each amendment printed in part A of the

15 report may be considered only in the order printed in the

16 report. The amendment printed in part B of the report

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

18 of the bill. Each amendment printed in the report may

19 be offered only by a Member designated in the report,

20 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time

21 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by

22 the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject

23 to amendment. All points of order against the amend24 ments printed in the report are waived. During consider25 ation of the bill for further amendment, the Chairman of
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1 the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec2 ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an

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

4 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in

5 clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be

6 considered as read. The Chairman of the Committee of

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

8 consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

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

10 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

11 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

12 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

13 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques14 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider15 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

16 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

17 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall

18 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

19 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

20 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 96

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 263

[Report No. 106–269]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2606)

other purposes.cal year ending September 30, 2000, and forport financing, and related programs for the fismaking appropriations for foreign operations, exJULY 27, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed