[House Report 106-657]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-657

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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4577, THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 
    HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATION BILL, 2001

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June 7, 2000.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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Ms. Pryce of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 518]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 518, 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. 4577, 
the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill, 2001, 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 all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule provides that the amendments printed in 
part A of this report shall be considered as adopted. The rule 
waives clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or 
legislative provisions in an appropriations bill) against 
provisions in the bill, as amended, except as otherwise 
specified in the rule.
    The rule further provides that the amendment printed in 
part B of this report may be offered only by a Member 
designated in this report and only at the appropriate point in 
the reading of the bill, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided 
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be 
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for 
division of the question in the House or in the Committee of 
the Whole. All points of order against the amendment printed in 
part B of this report are waived. The rule also waives clause 
2(e) of rule XXI (prohibiting non-emergency designated 
amendments to be offered to an appropriations bill containing 
an emergency designation) against amendments offered during 
consideration of the bill.
    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. The rule provides for one motion 
to recommit, with or without instructions. Finally, the rule 
lays H. Res. 515 on the table.

                            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. 106

    Date: June 7, 2000.
    Measure: H.R. 4577, Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation 
Bill, 2001.
    Motion By: Mr. Moakley.
    Summary of Motion: To make in order en block the amendments 
offered by Rep. Obey, which consist of the eleven Democrat 
amendments that were defeated by a record vote in the 
Appropriations Committee markup of H.R. 4577.
    Results: Defeated 1 to 8.
    Vote by Member: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings--Nay; Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; 
Moakley--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

                                 PART A


  summary of amendments considered as adopted under the rule for h.r. 
    4577, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
        Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill, 2001

    Porter: Strikes the changes in Continuing Disability 
Reviews and reduces funding for Pell Grants by $48 million, but 
does not reduce the maximum Pell Grant payment.
    Porter: Provides for a rescission from the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant of any funds appropriated in excess of 
the $23.5 billion advanced appropriation cap contained in the 
FY 2001 Concurrent Budget Resolution, except that such 
rescission shall not cause the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant to go below the funding level provided in FY 2000.

                                 PART B


    summary of amendment made in order under the rule for h.r. 4577

    Wilson: Appropriates $25 million for the 21st Century 
Teacher Scholarships Act, which addresses the national problem 
of teacher shortage, if it is enacted into law. Cuts $25 
million from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
(OSHA) as an offset. (10 MINUTES)

                                 PART A

    Text of amendments considered as adopted under the rule:
    Page 56, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert the 
following: ``(reduced by $48,000,000)''.
    Page 72, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert the 
following: ``(reduced by $35,000,000)''.
    Page 72, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert the 
following: ``(reduced by $35,000,000)''.
    Page 73, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert the 
following: ``(reduced by $70,000,000)''.
    Page 74, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert the 
following: ``(reduced by $70,000,000)''.
    Page 74, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert the 
following: ``(reduced by $70,000,000)''.
    Page 74, strike the sentence beginning on line 23.
    Page 84, after line 21, insert the following new section:
    Sec. 518. If the total level of discretionary advance 
appropriations for fiscal year 2002 and subsequent fiscal years 
provided in general appropriation Acts for fiscal year 2001 
exceeds $23,500,000,000, there shall be rescinded from the 
amount made available in this Act for fiscal year 2002 under 
the heading ``Administration for Children and Families--
payments to states for the child care and development block 
grant'' an amount sufficient to reduce the total level of such 
discretionary advance appropriations to $23,500,000,000: 
Provided, That the rescission shall not exceed an amount that 
would cause the amount provided under such heading to be less 
than the amount provided for fiscal year 2001 in the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into 
law by section 1000(a)4) of Public Law 106-113).

                                 PART B

    Text of Amendment Made in Order Under the Rule

  An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wilson or a designee, 
                        Debatable for 10 minutes

    Page 84, after line 21, insert the following new section:
    Sec. 518. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
revised by reducing the amount made available for 
``Occupational Safety and Health Administration--salaries and 
expenses'', and increasing the amount made available for 
``higher education'', by $25,000,000, to be used to carry out 
the 21st Century Teaching Scholarships Act, if such legislation 
is enacted.

                                
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