[House Report 106-684] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 106th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106-684 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4690, THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001 _______ June 21 (legislative day, June 20), 2000.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ 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).