[House Report 106-767]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-767

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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4871, THE TREASURY AND GENERAL 
                  GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

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   July 19, 2000.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 560]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 560, 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. 4871, 
the Treasury and General Government 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 appropriation, legislative provisions 
or re-appropriations in a general appropriations bill) against 
provisions in the bill, except as otherwise specified in the 
rule.
    Members who have preprinted their amendments in the 
Congressional 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.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of clause 4 of rule XIII (requiring 
a three-day layover of the committee report) because the report 
was not filed until Tuesday, July 18, and the bill may be 
considered on the floor as early as Thursday, July 20. The 
waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI is necessary because there are 
several unauthorized and legislative provisions in the bill, 
which are listed in the report accompanying H.R. 4871 (H. Rept. 
106-756), as well as several transfers of funds. The 
description of provisions relating to the transfers of funds 
and descriptions of provisions constituting legislation on an 
appropriation bill and unauthorized provisions can also be 
found in the report.

                                
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