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House Calendar No. 181

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 445

[Report No. 106–533]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3822) to reduce, suspend, or

terminate any assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

and the Arms Export Control Act to each country determined by the

President to be engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the

United States economy, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 21, 2000

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

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RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3822) to reduce,

suspend, or terminate any assistance under the Foreign

Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control

Act to each country determined by the President to

be engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the

United States economy, 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
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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 3822) to reduce, suspend, or termi3 nate any assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of

4 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to each country

5 determined by the President to be engaged in oil price fix6 ing to the detriment of the United States economy, and

7 for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be

8 dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the

9 bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con10 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

11 the Committee on International Relations. After general

12 debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under

13 the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as

14 an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the

15 five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub16 stitute recommended by the Committee on International

17 Relations now printed in the bill, modified by striking sub18 section 6(c). Each section of that amendment in the na19 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. No amend20 ment to that amendment in the nature of a substitute

21 shall be in order except those printed in the portion of

22 the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in

23 clause 8 of rule XVIII and except pro forma amendments

24 for the purpose of debate. Each amendment so printed

25 may be offered only by the Member who caused it to be
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1 printed or his designee and shall be considered as read.

2 The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1)

3 Postpone until a time during further consideration in the

4 Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on

5 any amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the min6 imum time for electronic voting on any postponed question

7 that follows another electronic vote without intervening

8 business, provided that the minimum time for electronic

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

10 minutes. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for

11 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill

12 to the House with such amendments as may have been

13 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the

14 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of

15 the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature

16 of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous

17 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

18 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

19 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in20 structions.
House Calendar No. 181

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 445

[Report No. 106–533]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3822)

to reduce, suspend, or terminate any assistanceunder the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 andthe Arms Export Control Act to each country determined by the President to be engaged in oilprice fixing to the detriment of the United Stateseconomy, and for other purposes.

MARCH 21, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed