[House Report 106-727]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-727

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 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4811, THE FOREIGN OPERATIONS, 
    EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

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   July 11, 2000.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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 Mr. Diaz-Balart, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 546]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 546, 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. 4811, 
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
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 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 by the 
rule. The rule waives points of order against amendments to the 
bill for failure to comply with clause 2(e) of rule XXI 
(prohibiting nonemergency designated amendments to be offered 
to an appropriations bill containing an emergency designation).
    The rule allows 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 clause 4 of rule XIII (requiring 
a three-day layover of the committee report and requiring the 
three day availability of printed hearings on a general 
appropriations bill) and 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). The waiver of clause 4 of rule XIII is 
necessary because the report to accompany H.R. 4811 was not 
filed until Monday, July 10th, and the bill may be considered 
by the House as early as Wednesday, July 12th. Furthermore, the 
hearings on the bill have not yet been printed. The waiver of 
section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act is necessary 
because the bill contains $19 million in emergency funding and 
a designation of funds as an emergency is within the 
jurisdiction of the Budget Committee.
    The waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI against provisions in 
the bill is necessary because there are at least 60 legislative 
provisions and 24 unauthorized programs in the bill which are 
detailed on pages 94 through 101 of the report to accompany 
H.R. 4811 (H. Rept. 106-720). Finally, the waiver of clause 
2(e) of rule XXI against amendments to the bill is necessary 
because the bill contains an emergency designation.