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[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 503 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 House Calendar No. 223
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 503

                          [Report No. 106-621]

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4205) to authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the 
   Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 
   military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2001, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                 May 17 (legislative day, May 16), 2000

   Mrs. Myrick, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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                               RESOLUTION

 
   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4205) to authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the 
   Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 
   military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2001, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution 
the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the 
House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4205) to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2001, and for other 
purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 
points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. General 
debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Armed Services. After general debate the 
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
    Sec. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an original bill 
for purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed 
Services now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute are 
waived.
    (b) No amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute shall be in order except those printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution or specified by a 
subsequent order of the House, amendments en bloc described in section 
3 of this resolution, and pro forma amendments offered by the chairman 
or ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services for the 
purpose of debate.
    (c) Except as specified in section 5 of this resolution, each 
amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules shall be 
considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only 
by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, and 
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 
House or in the Committee of the Whole. Unless otherwise specified in 
the report, each amendment printed in the report shall be debatable for 
10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent and shall not be subject to amendment (except that the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services 
each may offer one pro forma amendment for the purpose of further 
debate on any pending amendment).
    (d) All points of order against amendments printed in the report of 
the Committee on Rules or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of 
this resolution are waived.
    Sec. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman of the 
Committee on Armed Services or his designee to offer amendments en bloc 
consisting of amendments printed in the report of the Committee on 
Rules not earlier disposed of or germane modifications of any such 
amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be 
considered as read (except that modifications shall be reported), shall 
be debatable for 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services 
or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be 
subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in such amendments 
en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may be 
modified to the form of a germane perfecting amendment to the text 
originally proposed to be stricken. The original proponent of an 
amendment included in such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in 
the Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of the 
amendments en bloc.
    Sec. 4. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) 
postpone until a time during further consideration in the Committee of 
the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) 
reduce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any 
postponed question that follows another electronic vote without 
intervening business, provided that the minimum time for electronic 
voting on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.
    Sec. 5. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may recognize 
for consideration of any amendment printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules out of the order printed, but not sooner than one 
hour after the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services or a 
designee announces from the floor a request to that effect.
    Sec. 6. After disposition of the amendments printed in the report 
of the Committee on Rules, the Committee of the Whole shall rise 
without motion. No further consideration of the bill shall be in order 
except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House.
                                                 House Calendar No. 223

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              H. RES. 503

                          [Report No. 106-621]

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4205) to authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the 
   Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 
   military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2001, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                 May 17 (legislative day, May 16), 2000

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
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