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House Calendar No. 230
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 513
[Report No. 106–641]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4461) making appropriations
for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2001, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 24), 2000
Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4461) making
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies pro-
grams 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-
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ation of the bill (H.R. 4461) making appropriations for
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies programs 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. Gen-
eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be con-
sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. When
the reading for amendment reaches title VIII, that title
shall be considered as read. The amendments printed in
the report of the Committee on Rules accompany this res-
olution shall be considered as adopted in the House and
in the Committee of the Whole. Points of order against
provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply
with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except as follows:
page 74, line 19, through page 75, line 4; page 85, line
6, through page 96, line 4. 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.
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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-
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, as
amended, to the House with such amendments as may
have been adopted. The previous question shall be consid-
ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to
final passage without intervening motion except one mo-
tion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 230
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 513
[Report No. 106–641]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4461)
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other pur-
poses.
MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 24), 2000
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed