[House Report 106-671]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-671

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    PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4578, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
         INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

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   June 12, 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. 524]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 524, 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. 4578, 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 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 further waives clause 2 of rule XXI 
(prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions in an 
appropriations bill) against provisions in the bill except as 
otherwise specified in the rule. 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. Finally, the rule provides for 
one motion to recommit, with or without instructions.

                                  
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