[House Report 106-284]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    106-284

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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2670, DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, 
 JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
                                  ACT

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   August 3, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 273]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 273, by a non-record 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. 2670, 
the ``Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary and Related Agencies 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 clause 4 of rule XIII (requiring a three-
day layover of the committee report and requiring the three-day 
availability of printed hearings on a general appropriations 
bill) and section 306 (prohibiting consideration of legislation 
within the Budget Committee's jurisdiction, unless reported by 
the Budget Committee) of the Congressional Budget Act against 
consideration of the bill. The rule also waives clause 2 of 
rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions 
and transfers of funds in a general appropriations bill) 
against provisions in the bill.
    The rule makes in order the amendments printed in this 
report which may be offered only by a Member designated in this 
report and only at the appropriate point in the reading of the 
bill. Amendments printed in this report shall be debatable for 
the time specified in this report equally divided and 
controlled between the proponent and an opponent and shall not 
be subject to amendment. The rule also waives all points of 
order against the amendments printed in this report.
    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. 
The rule also waives all points of order against all amendments 
to the bill for failure to comply with clause 2(e) of rule XXI 
(prohibiting non-emergency designated amendments to be offered 
to an appropriations bill containing an emergency designation). 
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit, with or 
without instructions.
    The waiver of clause 4 of rule XIII is necessary because 
the report was filed on Monday, August 2nd, and H.R. 2670 may 
be considered on the floor as early as Wednesday, August 3rd, 
and because printed hearings are not yet available. The waiver 
of section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act is necessary 
because Title II contains an emergency designation for funding 
for the Bureau of the Census. The waiver of clause 2 of rule 
XXI is necessary because the bill contains at least 67 
legislative provisions and over 75 unauthorized programs in the 
bill which are detailed in the Appropriations Committee's 
report (H. Rept. 106-283).
    The waiver of clause 2(e) of rule XXI is necessary because 
the appropriations bill contains an emergency designation under 
the Budget Act. Offering an amendment containing an emergency 
designation would in turn violate section 306 of the Budget 
Act. Consequently, in order for any amendments to be offered to 
this bill, this prohibition on offering non-emergency 
designated amendments needs to be waived.

                            committee votes

    Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of 
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together 
with the names of those voting for and against, are printed 
below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 56

    Date: August 3, 1999.
    Measure: H.R. 2670, Department of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2000.
    Motion by: Mr. Frost.
    Summary of motion: To make in order the Obey amendment 
which limits the emergency designation for the decennial census 
funding in the bill to only the additional amount requested 
($1.723 billion) by the President subsequent to the Supreme 
Court decision issued in January, 1999.
    Results: Defeated 4 to 9.
    Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay; 
Reynolds--Nay; Moakley--Yea; Frost--Yea; Hall--Yea; Slaughter--
Yea; Dreier--Nay.

Rules Committee record vote No. 57

    Date: August 3, 1999.
    Measure: H.R. 2670, Department of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2000.
    Motion by: Mr. Hall.
    Summary of motion: To leave the provisions of the bill 
making the funding for United Nations arrearage payments 
contingent on the enactment of authorization legislation 
unprotected from points of order.
    Results: Defeated 4 to 9.
    Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay; 
Reynolds--Nay; Moakley--Yea; Frost--Yea; Hall--Yea; Slaughter--
Yea; Dreier--Nay.

Rules Committee record vote No. 58

    Date: August 3, 1999.
    Measure: H.R. 2670, Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 
2000.
    Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter.
    Summary of motion: To make in order the Pallone/Engel 
amendment which allows unidentified Holocaust victims who were 
U.S. nationals at the time of persecution to file a claim with 
the U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.
    Results: Defeated 4 to 9.
    Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay; 
Reynolds--Yea; Moakley--Yea; Frost--Yea; Hall--Yea; Slaughter--
Yea; Dreier--Nay.

           summary of amendments made in order under the rule

    Bass/Kucinich--Directs the FCC to enact measures that 
relieve the area code and phone number shortage problem; gives 
the FCC until March 31, 2000, to develop and implement a plan 
to address the inefficient manner in which central office codes 
are distributed; allows the States to implement phone number 
conservation plans should the FCC not take action in a timely 
manner. (10 Minutes)
    Tiahrt/Souder--Prohibits the expenditure of funds for 
educational materials and/or training and counseling programs 
implemented by the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention which undermine or denigrate 
the religious beliefs of minor children or adults participating 
in any such programs. (10 minutes)
    Deal--Prevents any funds appropriated under the bill from 
being used to process or provide visas to countries that refuse 
to repatriate their citizens or nationals. (10 minutes)
    Note.--Amendment summaries provided by amendment sponsors.

            text of amendments made in order under the rule

An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bass of New Hampshire, or 
   Representative Kucinich of Ohio, or a Designee, Debatable for 10 
                                minutes.

  At the appropriate place in the title relating to ``GENERAL 
PROVISIONS'', insert the following new section:

SEC. ____. EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS.

  (a) Plan.--Not later than March 31, 2000, the Federal 
Communications Commission shall develop and implement a plan 
for the efficient allocation of telephone numbers.
  (b) Elements.--The plan under subsection (a) shall--
          (1) include mechanisms to ensure portability of 
        telephone numbers among services and service providers 
        within individual rating areas, if there is a bona fide 
        demand, and establish rules applicable to service 
        providers not subject to or otherwise not in compliance 
        with such number portability requirements;
          (2) take into account any telecommunications 
        technology widely available as of March 31, 2000, that 
        requires a telephone number;
          (3) consider and take steps to minimize the total 
        societal costs and impacts of the plan for the 
        efficient allocation of telephone numbers and any 
        specific number relief or conservation measures that 
        may arise therefrom; and
          (4) provide for allocating unassigned telephone 
        numbers among telecommunications carriers in blocks of 
        1,000 in order to fairly share such numbers without the 
        waste associated with allocating in blocks of 10,000.
  (c) Delegation of Numbering Jurisdiction.--During the period 
beginning 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and ending upon the Commission fully implementing the plan 
required by subsection (a), the Commission shall, upon the 
request of a State commission whose State has been determined 
to be within 12 months of telephone number capacity, delegate 
to the State commission the jurisdiction of the Commission over 
telecommunications numbering with respect to the State under 
section 251(e)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
251(e)(1)) to the extent that such delegation will permit the 
State commission to implement measures to conserve telephone 
numbers, including measures as follows:
          (1) To conduct audits of the use of telephone numbers 
        and central office codes.
          (2) To require telecommunications carriers to return 
        unused central office codes and to return central 
        office codes that have been obtained in a manner 
        contrary to Federal or State numbering guidelines or 
        protocols.
          (3) To develop and establish dialing protocols 
        applicable for calls placed within the same area code 
        or local calling area (or both) of the calling party 
        that will consider, in addition to the potential effect 
        upon competition, matters of public convenience and 
        safety and the public interest generally.
          (4) To develop and implement, where the State 
        commission finds it to be in the public interest and 
        supportive of number conservation measures that it may 
        adopt, area code relief measures involving the use of 
        overlay area codes applicable to telecommunications 
        service providers not subject to or otherwise not in 
        compliance with local number portability, including a 
        requirement that existing telephone numbers assigned to 
        or in use (or both) by such service providers be 
        transferred to the overlay area code, and including a 
        requirement that calls placed within a calling party's 
        home area code continue to be dialable on a 7-digit 
        basis.
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   An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tiahrt of Kansas, or 
   Representative Souder of Indiana, or a Designee, Debatable for 10 
                                Minutes

    At the end of title VI, insert the following:

SEC.   . NONDISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGIOUS OR MORAL BELIEFS.

    No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, may be 
used, directly or indirectly, to discriminate against, 
denigrate, or otherwise undermine the religious or moral 
beliefs of students who participate in programs for which 
financial assistance is provided from that appropriation or of 
the parents or legal guardians of such students.
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  An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Deal of Georgia, or a 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 minutes

    At the end of the bill, insert after the last section 
(preceding the short title) the following new title:

                   TITLE VIII--LIMITATION PROVISIONS

    Sec.   . None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be available for the purpose of processing or providing 
immigrant or nonimmigrant visas to citizens, subjects, 
nationals, or residents of countries that the Attorney General 
has determined deny or unreasonably delay accepting the return 
of citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents under section 
243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

                                  
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