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106TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106–657

PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4577, THE

DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL, 2001

JUNE 7, 2000.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules,

submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. Res. 518]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House

Resolution 518, 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. 4577, the

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill, 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 provides that the amendments printed in part A of

this report shall be considered as adopted. The rule waives clause

2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions in

an appropriations bill) against provisions in the bill, as amended,

except as otherwise specified in the rule.

The rule further provides that the amendment printed in part B

of this report may be offered only by a Member designated in this

report and only at the appropriate point in the reading of the bill,

shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent

and an opponent, 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. All points of order against the

amendment printed in part B of this report are waived. The rule

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ignated amendments to be offered to an appropriations bill containing an emergency designation) against amendments offered

during consideration of the bill.

Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Record

prior to their consideration will be given priority in recognition to

offer their amendments if otherwise consistent with House rules.

The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone votes

during consideration of the bill, and reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed question if the vote follows a fifteen minute

vote. The rule provides for one motion to recommit, with or without

instructions. Finally, the rule lays H. Res. 515 on the table.

COMMITTEE VOTES

Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of each

record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together with

the names of those voting for and against, are printed below:

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 106

Date: June 7, 2000.

Measure: H.R. 4577, Departments of Labor, Health and Human

Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill,

2001.

Motion By: Mr. Moakley.

Summary of Motion: To make in order en block the amendments

offered by Rep. Obey, which consist of the eleven Democrat amendments that were defeated by a record vote in the Appropriations

Committee markup of H.R. 4577.

Results: Defeated 1 to 8.

Vote by Member: Goss—Nay; Linder—Nay; Pryce—Nay; DiazBalart—Nay; Hastings—Nay; Sessions—Nay; Reynolds—Nay;

Moakley—Yea; Dreier—Nay.

PART A

SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED UNDER THE

RULE FOR H.R. 4577, THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL, 2001

Porter: Strikes the changes in Continuing Disability Reviews and

reduces funding for Pell Grants by $48 million, but does not reduce

the maximum Pell Grant payment.

Porter: Provides for a rescission from the Child Care and Development Block Grant of any funds appropriated in excess of the

$23.5 billion advanced appropriation cap contained in the FY 2001

Concurrent Budget Resolution, except that such rescission shall not

cause the Child Care and Development Block Grant to go below the

funding level provided in FY 2000.

PART B

SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE FOR H.R.

4577

Wilson: Appropriates $25 million for the 21st Century Teacher

Scholarships Act, which addresses the national problem of teacher

shortage, if it is enacted into law. Cuts $25 million from the OccuVerDate 11-MAY-2000 06:02 Jun 08, 2000 Jkt 079008 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HR657.XXX pfrm03 PsN: HR657
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pational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as an offset.

(10 MINUTES)

PART A

Text of amendments considered as adopted under the rule:

Page 56, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert the following:

‘‘(reduced by $48,000,000)’’.

Page 72, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert the following:

‘‘(reduced by $35,000,000)’’.

Page 72, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert the following:

‘‘(reduced by $35,000,000)’’.

Page 73, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert the following:

‘‘(reduced by $70,000,000)’’.

Page 74, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert the following:

‘‘(reduced by $70,000,000)’’.

Page 74, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert the following:

‘‘(reduced by $70,000,000)’’.

Page 74, strike the sentence beginning on line 23.

Page 84, after line 21, insert the following new section:

SEC. 518. If the total level of discretionary advance appropriations for fiscal year 2002 and subsequent fiscal years provided in

general appropriation Acts for fiscal year 2001 exceeds

$23,500,000,000, there shall be rescinded from the amount made

available in this Act for fiscal year 2002 under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES—PAYMENTS TO STATES

FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT’’ an amount

sufficient to reduce the total level of such discretionary advance appropriations to $23,500,000,000: Provided, That the rescission shall

not exceed an amount that would cause the amount provided under

such heading to be less than the amount provided for fiscal year

2001 in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,

and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as

enacted into law by section 1000(a)4) of Public Law 106–113).

PART B

Text of Amendment Made in Order Under the Rule

AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WILSON OR A

DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 84, after line 21, insert the following new section:

SEC. 518. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by reducing the amount made available for ‘‘OCCUPATIONAL

SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’,

and increasing the amount made available for ‘‘HIGHER EDUCATION’’, by $25,000,000, to be used to carry out the 21st Century

Teaching Scholarships Act, if such legislation is enacted.

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