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House Calendar No. 238
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 525
[Report No. 106–675]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4635) 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, 2001,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 13, 2000
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
printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4635) 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,
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
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of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 4635) 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, 2001, and for other pur-
poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 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. 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 ‘‘except that’’ on page
63, line 4, through ‘‘drinking water contaminants’’ on line
8; page 67, lines 4 through 14. 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. During consideration 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 amendment has caused it to be
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printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des-
ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amend-
ments so printed shall be considered as read. The Chair-
man 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 amend-
ment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time
for electronic voting on any postponed question that fol-
lows another electronic vote without intervening business,
provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on
the first in any series of questions 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 amendments thereto to final
passage without intervening motion except one motion to
recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 238
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 525
[Report No. 106–675]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4635)
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, 2001,
and for other purposes.
JUNE 13, 2000
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed