[House Report 106-234]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]






106th Congress                                                   Report
  1st Session           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                106-234

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  PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2490, TREASURY AND GENERAL 
                  GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

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   July 14, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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   Mr. Sessions, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 246]


    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 246, by a non-recorded vote, report the same 
to the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                  summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 2490, 
the ``Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 
2000,'' under an open rule. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate divided equally between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule also waives clause 2 of rule XXI 
(prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions in an 
appropriations bill) against provisions in the bill.
    The rule authorizes the chair to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in 
the Congressional Record. The rule permits the Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole to postpone votes during consideration 
of the bill, and to reduce voting time to five minutes on a 
postponed question if the vote follows a fifteen minute vote.
    Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the 
Congressional Record prior to their consideration may be given 
priority in recognition to offer their amendments if otherwise 
consistent with House rules. Finally, the rule provides for one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of clause 4(a)(1) of House rule XIII 
(requiring a three-day layover of the committee report), clause 
4(c) of House rule XIII (requiring the three-day availability 
of printed hearings on a general appropriations bill), section 
306 of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration 
of legislation within the Budget Committee's jurisdiction, 
unless reported by the Budget Committee) and section 401 of the 
Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of 
legislation providing new entitlement authority which becomes 
effective during the current fiscal year).
    The waiver of clause 4(a)(1) of House rule XIII is 
necessary because the Appropriations Committee report (H. Rept. 
106-231) was not filed until July 14, 1999, and the bill may be 
considered as early as July 15, 1999. The waiver of clause 4(c) 
of House rule XIII is necessary because hearing transcripts are 
not yet available. The waiver of section 306 of the 
Congressional Budget Act is necessary because section 638 of 
the bill, which would establish a chief financial officer in 
the Executive Office of the President, contains a provision 
which would require that the President's budget contain a 
separate statement of the amount of appropriations requested 
for the Chief Financial Officer in the Executive Office of the 
President. The waiver of section 401 of the Congressional 
Budget Act is necessary because the salary for the newly 
established chief financial officer would take effect in the 
current fiscal year. Similarly, section 646 of the bill, which 
would raise the pay classification for the commissioner of the 
U.S. Customs Service, would take effect in the current fiscal 
year. The waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI is necessary because 
the bill contains appropriations for several unauthorized 
programs and includes over 48 legislative provisions contained 
in Title XI of the bill.

                                

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