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House Calendar No. 96
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 263
[Report No. 106–269]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2606) making appropriations
for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 27, 1999
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. 2606) making
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing,
and related programs for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2000, 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. 2606) making appropriations for
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foreign operations, export financing, and related programs
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for
other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. General debate shall be confined to the bill
and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con-
trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of
the Committee on Appropriations. 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.
Before consideration of any other amendment it shall be
in order to consider the amendments printed in part A
of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying
this resolution. Each amendment printed in part A of the
report may be considered only in the order printed in the
report. The amendment printed in part B of the report
may be offered only at the appropriate point in the reading
of the bill. Each amendment printed in the report may
be offered only by a Member designated in the report,
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable 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 amend-
ments printed in the report are waived. During consider-
ation of the bill for further amendment, the Chairman of
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the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec-
ognition 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) postpone until a time during further
consideration in the Committee 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 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. 96
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 263
[Report No. 106–269]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2606)
making appropriations for foreign operations, ex-
port financing, and related programs for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 2000, and for
other purposes.
JULY 27, 1999
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed