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House Calendar No. 230

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 513

[Report No. 106–641]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4461) making appropriations

for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,

and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September

30, 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 24), 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. 4461) making

appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food

and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs 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 consider-
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1 ation of the bill (H.R. 4461) making appropriations for

2 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis3 tration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year

4 ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes. The

5 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points

6 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen7 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex8 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair9 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

10 Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be con11 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. When

12 the reading for amendment reaches title VIII, that title

13 shall be considered as read. The amendments printed in

14 the report of the Committee on Rules accompany this res15 olution shall be considered as adopted in the House and

16 in the Committee of the Whole. Points of order against

17 provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply

18 with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except as follows:

19 page 74, line 19, through page 75, line 4; page 85, line

20 6, through page 96, line 4. During consideration of the

21 bill for amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of

22 the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis

23 of whether the Member offering an amendment has caused

24 it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional Record

25 designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII.
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1 Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. The

2 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post3 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com4 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

5 amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum

6 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

7 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi8 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

9 on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.

10 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend11 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill, as

12 amended, to the House with such amendments as may

13 have been adopted. The previous question shall be consid14 ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to

15 final passage without intervening motion except one mo16 tion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 230

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 513

[Report No. 106–641]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4461)

making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, andRelated Agencies programs for the fiscal yearending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 24), 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed