[House Report 106-571]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-571

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 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2328, THE CLEAN LAKES PROGRAM

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   April 11, 2000.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 468]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 468, 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. 2328, 
the Clean Lakes Program, 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 Transportation 
and Infrastructure.
    The rule makes in order the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure amendment in the nature of a substitute, now 
printed in the bill, as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment. The rule also waives clause 7 of rule XVI 
(prohibiting nongermane amendments) against the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. The rule further 
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 
be open for amendment by section. 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. Finally, the rule provides for 
one motion to recommit, with or without instructions.
    The waiver of clause 7 of rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane 
amendments) against the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure amendment in the nature of substitute is 
necessary because the substitute adds Otsego Lake in New York, 
Oneida Lake in New York, Raystown Lake in Pennsylvania, and 
Swan Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota to the Clean Lakes 
Program and these lakes were not included in the original bill.

                                  
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