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House Calendar No. 266

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 563

[Report No. 106–790]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4942) making appropriations

for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities

chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 25, 2000

Mr. LINDER, 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. 4942) making

appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in

part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal

year ending September 30, 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. 4942) making appropriations for
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1 the government of the District of Columbia and other ac2 tivities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues

3 of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30,

4 2001, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill

5 shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid6 eration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con7 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di8 vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor9 ity member of the Committee on Appropriations. After

10 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

11 under the five-minute rule. Points of order against provi12 sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule

13 XXI are waived except against section 153. No amend14 ment to the bill shall be in order except those printed in

15 the portion of the Congressional Record designated for

16 that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII, pro forma amend17 ments for the purpose of debate, and the amendments

18 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom19 panying this resolution. Each amendment printed in the

20 Record may be offered only by the Member who caused

21 it to be printed or his designee and shall be considered

22 as read. Each amendment printed in the report may be

23 offered only by a Member designated in the report and

24 only at the appropriate point in the reading of the bill,

25 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time
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1 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by

2 the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to

3 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi4 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee

5 of the Whole. All points of order against the amendments

6 printed in the report are waived. The Chairman of the

7 Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time

8 during further consideration in the Committee of the

9 Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment;

10 and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec11 tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an12 other electronic vote without intervening business, pro13 vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the

14 first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. At

15 the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment

16 the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House

17 with such amendments as may have been adopted. The

18 previous question shall be considered as ordered on the

19 bill and amendments thereto to final passage without in20 tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or

21 without instructions.
House Calendar No. 266

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 563

[Report No. 106–790]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4942)

making appropriations for the government of theDistrict of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues ofsaid District for the fiscal year ending September30, 2001, and for other purposes.

JULY 25, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed