[House Report 106-675]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-675

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    PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4635, THE DEPARTMENT OF 
  VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

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   June 13, 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. 525]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 525, 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. 4635, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent 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 also waives points of order against 
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
Rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions in 
a general appropriations bill and prohibiting reappropriations 
in a general appropriations bill) except as specified in the 
rule. The rule further waives clause 2(e) of Rule XXI 
(prohibiting nonemergency designated amendments to be offered 
to an appropriations bill containing an emergency designation) 
against amendments offered during consideration of the bill.
    The rule authorizes the Chairman of the Committee of the 
Whole to accord priority in recognition to Members who have 
preprinted their amendments in the Congressional Record. 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.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill contains a waiver of section 306 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (prohibiting consideration of legislation 
within the Budget Committee's jurisdiction, unless reported by 
the Budget Committee) because the bill contains emergency 
funding that was not designated as such by the Budget 
Committee, and clause 4 of Rule XIII (requiring a three day 
availability of the committee report) because the committee 
report was not available until Tuesday, June 13th and the bill 
may be considered by the House as early as Wednesday, June 
14th.

                            committee votes

    Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the result 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. 109

    Date: June 13, 2000.
    Measure: H.R. 4635, the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2001.
    Motion by: Mr. Moakley.
    Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment by 
Representatives Obey, Mollohan, and LaFalce to increase Housing 
for the Elderly (Sec. 202) by $69 million; increase Housing for 
the Disabled (Sec. 811) by $9 million; increase Homeless 
Assistance Grants by $20 million; increase Housing 
Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) by $9 million. These 
increases are offset by items related to Federal Housing 
Administration single-family mortgage insurance that were 
included in H.R. 1776 (American Homeownership and Economic 
Opportunity Act).
    Results: Defeated 3 to 8.
    Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; 
Moakley--Yea; Frost--Yea; Hall--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

Rules Committee record vote No. 110

    Date: June 13, 2000.
    Measure: H.R. 4635, the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2001.
    Motion by: Mr. Moakley.
    Summary of motion: To make in order en bloc the amendments 
by Representative Obey that would restore $1.8 billion for 
housing programs; $508 million for the National Science 
Foundation; $323 million for NASA; and increases the amount of 
emergency appropriations for FEMA to $2.9 billion.
    Results: Defeated 3 to 8.
    Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; 
Moakley--Yea; Frost--Yea; Hall--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

                                  
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