[House Report 106-618]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-618

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  PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4425, THE FY 2001 MILITARY 
                    CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS BILL

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May 15, 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. 502]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 502, 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. 4425, 
the FY 2001 Military Construction Appropriations Bill, 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(c) of rule XIII (requiring the 
three-day availability of printed hearings on a general 
appropriations bill) against consideration of the bill and 
waives clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or 
legislative provisions in an appropriations bill) against 
provisions in the bill. The waiver of clause 4(c) of rule XIII 
is necessary because the printed hearings are not yet 
available, and the bill may be considered as early as Tuesday, 
May 16. The waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI is necessary because 
the FY 2001 Defense Authorization bill has not been enacted. 
The waiver is also necessary because the bill contains several 
legislative provisions which are enumerated in the bill report. 
The rule also provides that the bill shall be open for 
amendment by paragraph.
    Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Record 
prior to their consideration will be given priority in 
recognition to offer their amendments if otherwise consistent 
with House rules. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
may postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and reduce 
voting time to five minutes on a postponed question if the vote 
follows a fifteen minute vote. Also, the rule provides for one 
motion to recommit, with or without instructions.
    Finally, the rule provides that, for purposes of 
enforcement of the Congressional Budget Act, the appropriate 
levels of new budget authority and total budget outlays shall 
be those reflected in the table entitled ``Conference Report 
Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Resolution Total Spending and 
Revenues'' in House Report 106-577.

                                  
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