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House Calendar No. 263
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 560
[Report No. 106–767]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4871) making appropriations
for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the
Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies,
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 19, 2000
Mr. LINDER, 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 bill (H.R. 4871) making
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United
States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent, and certain Independent 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. 4871) making appropriations for
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the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Serv-
ice, the Executive Office of the President, and certain
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 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 de-
bate 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 Appropria-
tions. 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
62, line 17, through page 63, line 2. During the consider-
ation of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the Com-
mittee 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 Congres-
sional 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) postpone until a time during further consider-
ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re-
corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five
minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any
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postponed question that follows another electronic vote
without intervening business, provided that the minimum
time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider-
ation of the bill for amendment 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. 263
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 560
[Report No. 106–767]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4871)
making appropriations for the Treasury Depart-
ment, the United States Postal Service, the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President, and certain Inde-
pendent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
JULY 19, 2000
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed