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House Calendar No. 84
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 243
[Report No. 106–228]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2466) making appropriations
for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 12, 1999
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, reported the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered
to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2466) making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
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. 2466) making appropriations for
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the Department of the Interior and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other
purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed
with. Points of order against consideration of the bill for
failure to comply with section 306 or 401 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General debate
shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank-
ing 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 except as follows: begin-
ning with ‘‘Provided’’ on page 37, line 23, through the
closing quotation mark on page 38, line 13; beginning with
‘‘Provided’’ on page 59, line 13, through 22; beginning
with ‘‘and such new’’ on page 76, line 16, through 22;
and page 80, line 11, through ‘‘funding agreements’’ on
line 23. Where points of order are waived against part
of a paragraph, points of order against a provision in an-
other part of such paragraph may be made only against
such provision and not against the entire paragraph. The
amendment printed in the report of the Committee on
Rules accompanying this resolution may be offered only
by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered
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as read, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not
be subject to a demand for division of the question in the
House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of
order against that amendment are waived. During consid-
eration 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 amend-
ment has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Con-
gressional Record designated for that purpose in clause
8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be consid-
ered 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
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. During consideration of the bill,
points of order against amendments for failure to comply
with clause 2(e) of rule XXI are waived. At the conclusion
of consideration 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