[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 23, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H3593]
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  MAKING IN ORDER AT ANY TIME CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4444, AUTHORIZING 
   EXTENSION OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT (NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS 
                TREATMENT) TO PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order 
at any time for the Speaker as though pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
XVIII to declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole 
House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
4444) to authorize extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal 
trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China; that the 
first reading of the bill be dispensed with; that all points of order 
against consideration of the bill be waived; that general debate 
proceed without intervening motion, be confined to the bill, and be 
limited to 2 hours equally divided among and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means, the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Stark), and the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Rohrabacher) or their designees; that after general 
debate the Committee of the Whole rise without motion; and that no 
further consideration of the bill be in order except pursuant to a 
subsequent order of the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.

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