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106TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106–727

PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4811, THE

FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

JULY 11, 2000.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Rules,

submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. Res. 546]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House

Resolution 546, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to the House

with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 4811, the

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001, under an open rule. The rule provides one

hour of general debate divided equally between the chairman and

ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the

bill. The rule waives points of order against provisions in the bill

for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions in a general appropriations bill or

prohibiting reappropriations in a general appropriations bill), except as specified by the rule. The rule waives points of order

against amendments to the bill for failure to comply with clause

2(e) of rule XXI (prohibiting nonemergency designated amendments

to be offered to an appropriations bill containing an emergency designation).

The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to

accord priority in recognition to Members who have preprinted

their amendments in the Congressional Record. The rule allows the

Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to postpone votes during

consideration of the bill, and to reduce voting time to five minutes

on a postponed question if the vote follows a fifteen minute vote.

Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without

instructions.

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The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill

contains a waiver of clause 4 of rule XIII (requiring a three-day

layover of the committee report and requiring the three day availability of printed hearings on a general appropriations bill) and

section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (prohibiting

consideration of legislation within the Budget Committee’s jurisdiction, unless reported by the Budget Committee). The waiver of

clause 4 of rule XIII is necessary because the report to accompany

H.R. 4811 was not filed until Monday, July 10th, and the bill may

be considered by the House as early as Wednesday, July 12th. Furthermore, the hearings on the bill have not yet been printed. The

waiver of section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act is necessary

because the bill contains $19 million in emergency funding and a

designation of funds as an emergency is within the jurisdiction of

the Budget Committee.

The waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI against provisions in the bill

is necessary because there are at least 60 legislative provisions and

24 unauthorized programs in the bill which are detailed on pages

94 through 101 of the report to accompany H.R. 4811 (H. Rept.

106–720). Finally, the waiver of clause 2(e) of rule XXI against

amendments to the bill is necessary because the bill contains an

emergency designation.

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