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House Calendar No. 225
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 505
[Report No. 106–626]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4475) making appropriations
for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 2000
Mr. REYNOLDS, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4475) making
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and
related 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. 4475) making appropriations for
the Department of Transportation and related agencies
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for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for
other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. All points of order against consideration of
the bill are waived. 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. The amendments printed in the report of the
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution 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: beginning with
‘‘Provided further’’ on page 8, line 17, through line 20;
beginning with ‘‘Provided further’’ on page 13, line 24,
through page 14, line 8; ‘‘Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law,’’ on page 20, line 18; ‘‘Notwithstanding any
other provision of law,’’ on page 26, line 15; ‘‘Notwith-
standing any other provision of law,’’ on page 27, lines
15 and 16; ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law,’’
on page 33, line 24; beginning with ‘‘Provided’’ on page
36, line 15, through line 20; page 51, line 13, through
page 52, line 18. Where points of order are waived against
part of a paragraph, points of order against a provision
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in another part of such paragraph may be made only
against such provision and not against the entire para-
graph. During consideration of the bill for further amend-
ment, 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 print-
ed 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 elec-
tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an-
other electronic vote without intervening business, pro-
vided 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 amendment
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 considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit
with or without instructions.