[House Report 106-684]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-684

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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4690, THE DEPARTMENTS OF 
  COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY AND RELATED AGENCIES 
  APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

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   June 21 (legislative day, June 20), 2000.--Referred to the House 
                   Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 529]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 529, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                  summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 4690, 
the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary 
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 provides that the bill 
shall be considered for amendment by paragraph. The rule waives 
all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
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 or prohibiting reappropriations in a 
general appropriations bill), except as specified in the rule.
    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 permits 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 includes a waiver of 
clause 4 of rule XIII (requiring a three-day layover of a 
committee report) which is necessary because the report was 
filed on Monday, June 19th and H.R. 4690 may be considered on 
the floor as early as Wednesday, June 21st. A waiver of clause 
2 of rule XXI is also necessary because the bill contains at 
least 30 legislative provisions and over 60 unauthorized 
programs in the bill, which are detailed in the Appropriations 
Committee's report (H. Rept. 106-680).

                                  
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