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House Calendar No. 241

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 529

[Report No. 106–684]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4690) making appropriations

for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary,

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 21 (legislative day, JUNE 20), 2000

Mr. SESSIONS, 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. 4690) making

appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies 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. 4690) making appropriations for
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1 the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Ju2 diciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending

3 September 30, 2001, and for other purposes. The first

4 reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of

5 order against consideration of the bill are waived. General

6 debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed

7 one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman

8 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appro9 priations. After general debate the bill shall be considered

10 for amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order

11 against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with

12 clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except as follows: page

13 102, lines 15 through 17. During consideration of the bill

14 for amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the

15 Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of

16 whether the Member offering an amendment has caused

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

18 designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII.

19 Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. The

20 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post21 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com22 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

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

24 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

25 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi-
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1 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

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

3 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend4 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

5 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

6 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

7 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without

8 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

9 or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 241

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 529

[Report No. 106–684]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4690)

making appropriations for the Departments ofCommerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, andrelated agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

JUNE 21 (legislative day, JUNE 20), 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed