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House Calendar No. 84

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 243

[Report No. 106–228]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2466) making appropriations

for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 12, 1999

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, 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. 2466) making

appropriations for the Department of the Interior and

related agencies 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. 2466) making appropriations for
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1 the Department of the Interior and related agencies for

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

3 purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed

4 with. Points of order against consideration of the bill for

5 failure to comply with section 306 or 401 of the Congres6 sional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General debate

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

8 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank9 ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

10 After general debate the bill shall be considered for

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

12 against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with

13 clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except as follows: begin14 ning with ‘‘Provided’’ on page 37, line 23, through the

15 closing quotation mark on page 38, line 13; beginning with

16 ‘‘Provided’’ on page 59, line 13, through 22; beginning

17 with ‘‘and such new’’ on page 76, line 16, through 22;

18 and page 80, line 11, through ‘‘funding agreements’’ on

19 line 23. Where points of order are waived against part

20 of a paragraph, points of order against a provision in an21 other part of such paragraph may be made only against

22 such provision and not against the entire paragraph. The

23 amendment printed in the report of the Committee on

24 Rules accompanying this resolution may be offered only

25 by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered
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1 as read, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not

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

3 House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of

4 order against that amendment are waived. During consid5 eration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the

6 Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition

7 on the basis of whether the Member offering an amend8 ment has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Con9 gressional Record designated for that purpose in clause

10 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be consid11 ered as read. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole

12 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider13 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re14 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

15 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

16 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

17 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

18 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques19 tions shall be 15 minutes. During consideration of the bill,

20 points of order against amendments for failure to comply

21 with clause 2(e) of rule XXI are waived. At the conclusion

22 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

23 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such

24 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous

25 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and
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1 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

2 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in3 structions.

House Calendar No. 84

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 243

[Report No. 106–228]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2466)

poses.ending September 30, 2000, and for other purInterior and related agencies for the fiscal yearmaking appropriations for the Department of the

JULY 12, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed