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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 resolu-
tion; 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, Jus-
tice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes.
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
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 4690) making appropriations for
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the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Ju-
diciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes. The first
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of
order against consideration of the bill are waived. General
debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed
one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appro-
priations. After general debate the bill shall be considered
for amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order
against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with
clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except as follows: page
102, lines 15 through 17. During consideration of the bill
for amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the
Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of
whether the Member offering an amendment has caused
it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional Record
designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII.
Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. The
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post-
pone until a time during further consideration in the Com-
mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any
amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum
time for electronic voting on any postponed question that
follows another electronic vote without intervening busi-
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ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting
on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.
At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend-
ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the
House with such amendments as may have been adopted.
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on
the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without
intervening motion except one motion to recommit with
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 of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
JUNE 21 (legislative day, JUNE 20), 2000
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed