[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 27, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H5244-H5245]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  LIMITATION ON AMENDMENTS DURING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4733, 
         ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

  Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that during further 
consideration of H.R. 4733 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to 
House Resolution 532, no further amendment to the bill shall be in 
order except, one, pro forma amendments offered by the chairman or 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their 
designees for the purpose of debate;
  Two, the amendment printed in the House Report 106-701;
  Three, the following additional amendments, which shall be debatable 
for 30 minutes: Mr. Salmon's amendment regarding solar energy.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. PACKARD. I yield to the gentleman from Indiana.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, if we would also have an understanding on 
the Salmon amendment that the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Salmon) would 
control 15 minutes of the 30 minutes and that the gentleman from 
Colorado (Mr. Udall) would control the other 15 minutes?
  Mr. PACKARD. That is my understanding.
  Number four, the following additional amendments, which shall be 
debatable for 20 minutes: Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin regarding National 
Ignition Facility; and the amendment printed in the portion of the 
Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule 
XVIII and numbered 1.
  Number five, the following additional amendments, which shall be 
debatable for 10 minutes: Mr. Gekas, regarding energy independence; Mr. 
Stearns, regarding Secretary of Energy travel; Mr. Stearns, regarding 
Secretary of Energy travel before January 20, 2001; Mr. Ryan of 
Wisconsin, regarding construction of the National Ignition Facility; 
Mr. Hansen, regarding nuclear waste storage; Mr. Camp, regarding 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exchanges; Mr. Ryun of Kansas, regarding 
compensation of Department of Energy employees; Mr. Ney, regarding 
Appalachian Regional Commission; Ms. Brown of Florida, regarding 
alternative energy sources; and the amendments printed in the portion 
of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of 
rule XVIII that are numbered 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.
  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

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the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
  That is the unanimous consent request that I propose, and I believe 
we have agreement.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I do not intend 
to object. I simply would like to point out that the distinguished 
chairman of the committee, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young), 
yesterday asked Members to give notice of amendments that they might 
intend to offer so that they could be incorporated in any unanimous 
consent request today; and also said that the committee would know what 
we are doing when we are asked to either accept or reject them.
  I note that in the last hour there have been some eight additional 
amendments that have come out of the woodwork. Seven of those, I think 
it is fair to say, are coming from the majority side of the aisle. I 
would simply take note, for the benefit of Members who will want to 
know why we will be in so late tonight on this bill, that the committee 
tried to make certain that we had early notice of what the amendments 
were and apparently we have a lot more who desire to prolong the debate 
on that side of the aisle than we do on this side of the aisle.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
California?
  There was no objection.

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