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House Calendar No. 102
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 275
[Report No. 106–292]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2684) making appropriations
for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, cor-
porations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 5 (legislative day, AUGUST 4), 1999
Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be print-
ed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2684) making
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs
and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry
independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations,
and offices 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
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of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2684) making appropriations for
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies,
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.
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 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: beginning with ‘‘Provided’’ on page 70, line 15,
through ‘‘Act:’’ on line 22; and page 93, lines 1 through
6. Where points of order are waived against part of a
paragraph, points of order against a provision in another
part of such paragraph may be made only against such
provision and not against the entire paragraph. Before
consideration of any other amendment it shall be in order
to consider the amendment printed in the report of the
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, which
may be offered only by a Member designated in the report,
shall be considered as read, may amend portions of the
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bill not yet read for amendment, shall be debatable for
the time specified in the report equally divided and con-
trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de-
mand for division of the question in the House or in the
Committee of the Whole. Points of order against the
amendment printed in the report for failure to comply
with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. During consider-
ation of the bill for further amendment, the Chairman of
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
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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. 102
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 275
[Report No. 106–292]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2684)
making appropriations for the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and for sundry independent agencies,
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,
and for other purposes.
AUGUST 5 (legislative day, AUGUST 4), 1999
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed