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House Calendar No. 223
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 503
[Report No. 106–621]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4205) to authorize appropriations
for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the Department of Defense
and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths
for fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 17 (legislative day, MAY 16), 2000
Mrs. MYRICK, 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. 4205) to author-
ize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activi-
ties of the Department of Defense and for military con-
struction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for
fiscal year 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. 4205) to authorize appropriations
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for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for fiscal year 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 Armed Services. After general debate
the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-
minute rule.
SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi-
nal bill for purpose of amendment under the five-minute
rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec-
ommended by the Committee on Armed Services now
printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points
of order against the committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute are waived.
(b) No amendment to the committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution or specified by a subsequent order
of the House, amendments en bloc described in section 3
of this resolution, and pro forma amendments offered by
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the chairman or ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Armed Services for the purpose of debate.
(c) Except as specified in section 5 of this resolution,
each amendment printed in the report of the Committee
on Rules shall be considered only in the order printed in
the report, may be offered only by a Member designated
in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall not
be subject to a demand for division of the question in the
House or in the Committee of the Whole. Unless otherwise
specified in the report, each amendment printed in the re-
port shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not
be subject to amendment (except that the chairman and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed
Services each may offer one pro forma amendment for the
purpose of further debate on any pending amendment).
(d) All points of order against amendments printed
in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments
en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived.
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair-
man of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee
to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules not earlier
disposed of or germane modifications of any such amend-
ment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this sec-
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tion shall be considered as read (except that modifications
shall be reported), shall be debatable for 40 minutes equal-
ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Armed Services or
their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques-
tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. For
the purpose of inclusion in such amendments en bloc, an
amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may
be modified to the form of a germane perfecting amend-
ment to the text originally proposed to be stricken. The
original proponent of an amendment included in such
amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Con-
gressional Record immediately before the disposition of
the amendments en bloc.
SEC. 4. 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.
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SEC. 5. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole
may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed
in the report of the Committee on Rules out of the order
printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman
of the Committee on Armed Services or a designee an-
nounces from the floor a request to that effect.
SEC. 6. After disposition of the amendments printed
in the report of the Committee on Rules, the Committee
of the Whole shall rise without motion. No further consid-
eration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a
subsequent order of the House.