[House Report 106-524]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-524

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   PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3843, THE SMALL BUSINESS 
                      REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2000

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   March 14, 2000.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 439]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 439, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                summary of provisions of the resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 3843, 
the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 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 Small Business.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill and provides that the bill shall be open for 
amendment by section. The waiver of all points of order is 
necessary because the bill violates clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII 
(relating to the availability of a cost estimate in a report) 
and clause 4(a)(1) of rule XIII (requiring a three-day layover 
of the committee report). Members who have preprinted their 
amendments in the Congressional Record prior to their 
consideration will be given priority in recognition to offer 
their amendments if otherwise consistent with House rules.
    The rule allows 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 provides one 
motion to recommit, with or without instructions. Finally, the 
rule lays H. Res. 432 (providing for consideration of the 
conference report to accompany S. 376) on the table.

                                

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