[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 78 (Tuesday, June 20, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H4776]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  LIMITATION ON AMENDMENTS DURING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4635, 
 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
             INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that during further 
consideration of H.R. 4635 in the Committee of the Whole, pursuant to 
House Resolution 525, no further amendment to the bill shall be in 
order except:
  (1) Pro forma amendments offered by the chairman or ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees for the 
purpose of debate;
  (2) The following additional amendments, which shall be debatable for 
10 minutes:
  Ms. Kaptur regarding VA Mental Illness Research;
  Mr. Pascrell regarding VA Right to Know Act;
  Mr. Saxton regarding EPA Estuary Funding;
  Mr. Roemer regarding Space Station; and
  The amendments printed in the portion of the Congressional Record 
designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII and numbered 7, 
8, 13, 14, 15, 17, 33, 41 and 43;
  (3) The following additional amendments, which shall be debatable for 
20 minutes:
  Mr. Edwards regarding VA Health and Research; and
  The amendments printed in the portion of the Congressional Record 
designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII and numbered 23, 
34, and 35; and
  (4) The following additional amendments, which shall be debatable for 
30 minutes:
  Mr. Obey regarding National Science Foundation;
  Mr. Collins regarding Clean Air;
  Mr. Boyd regarding FEMA;
  Mr. Olver regarding the Kyoto Protocol; and
  The amendments printed in the portion of the Congressional Record 
designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII and numbered 3, 
4, 24, 25, and 39.
  Each additional amendment may be offered only by the Member 
designated in this request, or a designee, or the Member who caused it 
to be printed, or a designee, and shall be considered as read. Each 
additional amendment shall be debatable for the time specified 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 a 
division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
  Mr. Speaker, this bipartisan agreement was joined with the proviso 
that we complete our work on the bill by 9:00 p.m. tomorrow evening.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.

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