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House Calendar No. 266
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 563
[Report No. 106–790]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4942) making appropriations
for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities
chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 2000
Mr. LINDER, 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. 4942) making
appropriations for the government of the District of Co-
lumbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in
part against the revenues of said District 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. 4942) making appropriations for
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the government of the District of Columbia and other ac-
tivities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues
of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2001, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid-
eration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con-
fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity 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 provi-
sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule
XXI are waived except against section 153. No amend-
ment to the bill shall be in order except those printed in
the portion of the Congressional Record designated for
that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII, pro forma amend-
ments for the purpose of debate, and the amendments
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution. Each amendment printed in the
Record may be offered only by the Member who caused
it to be printed or his designee and shall be considered
as read. Each amendment printed in the report may be
offered only by a Member designated in the report and
only at the appropriate point in the reading of the bill,
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time
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specified in the report equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi-
sion of the question in the House or in the Committee
of the Whole. All points of order against the amendments
printed in the report are waived. 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 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 in-
tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or
without instructions.
House Calendar No. 266
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 563
[Report No. 106–790]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4942)
making appropriations for the government of the
District of Columbia and other activities charge-
able in whole or in part against the revenues of
said District for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2001, and for other purposes.
JULY 25, 2000
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed