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House Calendar No. 183
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 446
[Report No. 106–535]
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 290)
establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2001, revising the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2000, and setting forth appropriate
budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2005.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 23 (legislative day, MARCH 22), 2000
Mr. GOSS, 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 concurrent resolution (H.
Con. Res. 290) establishing the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 2001, revis-
ing the congressional budget for the United States Gov-
ernment for fiscal year 2000, and setting forth appro-
priate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2002
through 2005.
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
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of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 290) es-
tablishing the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2001, revising the congres-
sional budget for the United States Government for fiscal
year 2000, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels
for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2005. The first read-
ing of the concurrent resolution shall be dispensed with.
Points of order against consideration of the concurrent
resolution for failure to comply with clause 4(a) of rule
XIII are waived. General debate shall not exceed three
hours, with two hours of general debate confined to the
congressional budget equally divided and controlled by the
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee
on the Budget, and one hour of general debate on the sub-
ject of economic goals and policies equally divided and con-
trolled by Representative Saxton of New Jersey and Rep-
resentative Stark of California or their designees. After
general debate the concurrent resolution shall be consid-
ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall
be in order to consider as an original concurrent resolution
for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule
the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in
part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution. That amendment in the nature
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of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of
order against that amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in
the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those
printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules.
Each amendment may be offered only in the order printed
in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated
in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat-
able for the time specified in the report equally divided
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and
shall not be subject to amendment. All points of order
against the amendment printed in part B of the report
are waived except that the adoption of an amendment in
the nature of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion
of consideration of amendments to the amendment in the
nature of a substitute made in order as original text. After
the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent resolu-
tion for amendment and a final period of general debate,
which shall not exceed 10 minutes equally divided and con-
trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of
the Committee on the Budget, the Committee shall rise
and report the concurrent resolution to the House with
such amendment as may have been adopted. Any Member
may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend-
ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the con-
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current resolution or to the amendment in the nature of
a substitute made in order as original text. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the concurrent
resolution and amendments thereto to final adoption with-
out intervening motion except amendments offered by the
chairman of the Committee on the Budget pursuant to
section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 to achieve mathematical consistency. The concurrent
resolution shall not be subject to a demand for division
of the question of its adoption.
SEC. 2. Rule XXIII shall not apply with respect to
the adoption by the Congress of a concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 2001.
House Calendar No. 183
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. Res. 446
[Report No. 106–535]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the concurrent reso-
lution (H. Con. Res. 290) establishing the con-
gressional budget for the United States Govern-
ment for fiscal year 2001, revising the congres-
sional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2000, and setting forth appro-
priate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years
2002 through 2005.
MARCH 23 (legislative day, MARCH 22), 2000
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed