[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20137]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    LIMITING AMENDMENTS DURING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2670, 
DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, we are nearing the end of this bill, and we 
have had good progress so far. We are on the very last title, as my 
colleagues know, and there are only 9 amendments remaining, and in the 
interests of attempting to expeditiously move the bill and to finish 
the bill at an early hour this evening, I wish to propose a unanimous 
consent request:
  That during the further consideration of H.R. 2670 in the Committee 
of the Whole, no amendment shall be in order except for pro forma 
amendments offered by the chairman and ranking member and the following 
amendments which may be offered only by the Member designated, shall be 
considered as read, if printed, shall not be subject to amendment or to 
a demand for a division of the question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole, and shall be debatable for 10 minutes, equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and a Member opposed thereto:
  An amendment by Mr. Kucinich numbered 1;.
  An amendment by Mr. Campbell numbered 5;
  An amendment by Mr. Crowley numbered 7;
  An amendment by Mr. Tauzin and Mr. Dingell regarding FCC regulations;
  An amendment by Mr. Wynn increasing EEOC, with a decrease in the 
State Department funds;
  An amendment by Mr. Hayworth regarding U.N. World Heritage Sites;
  An amendment by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas regarding hate crimes;
  An amendment by Mr. Davis of Illinois regarding law enforcement 
grants; and
  An amendment by Mr. Dingell regarding criminal records upgrade.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Kentucky?
  Mr. SERRANO. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, and I will 
not be objecting, I just wanted to ask two questions, one of whomever. 
Is it our intent on any votes that may be involved here to roll those 
votes or cluster those votes?
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SERRANO. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky.
  Mr. ROGERS. The intent is that we will roll the votes until concluded 
and then take all of the votes at the same time.
  Mr. SERRANO. And secondly, does the gentleman from Kentucky know if 
we could save any more time? Are there any of these amendments that the 
gentleman is willing to accept from our side without any further 
debate?
  Mr. ROGERS. There very well may be.
  Mr. SERRANO. But he is not about to tell me right now.
  Mr. ROGERS. Time will tell, Mr. Speaker.
  Mr. SERRANO. Time is what I had in mind, and saving even more.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Kentucky?
  There was no objection.

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