[House Report 106-627]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-627

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    PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4392, THE INTELLIGENCE 
                 AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001

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May 18, 2000.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 506]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 506, 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. 4392, 
the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, under 
a modified open rule. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate divided equally between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence.
    The rule waives points of order against consideration of 
the bill for failure to comply with clause 4(a) of rule XIII 
(requiring a three-day availability of the report). The waiver 
of clause 4(a) of rule XIII is necessary because the report to 
accompany H.R. 4392 was not available until May 17th and the 
bill may be considered on the House floor as early as May 19th. 
The rule provides that it shall be in order to consider as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence now printed in the bill.
    The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute shall be considered by title and that each title 
shall be considered as read. The rule waives points of order 
against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 
for failure to comply with clause 7 of rule XVI (prohibiting 
nongermane amendments). The waiver of clause 7 of rule XVI is 
necessary because the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
contains new provisions not included in the bill as introduced. 
The rule provides for the consideration of only pro forma 
amendments for the purpose of debate and those amendments 
preprinted in the Congressional Record prior to their 
consideration, which may be offered only by the Member who 
caused it to be printed or his designee, and shall be 
considered as read.
    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 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

                                  
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