Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2000

Signed by President.

Signed by President.

Became Public Law No: 106-60.

Became Public Law No: 106-60.

Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.

Conference report considered in Senate.

Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 96-3. Record Vote No: 295.(consideration: CR S11531-11538)

Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 96-3. Record Vote No: 295. (consideration: CR S11531-11538)

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Presented to President.

Presented to President.

Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 106-336 filed.(text of conference report: (CR H8677-8762)

Conference report H. Rept. 106-336 filed. (text of conference report: (CR H8677-8762)

ORDER OF BUSINESS - Mr. Dreier asked unanimous consent that it shall be in order at any time on the legislative day of Sept. 27, 1999, to consider the conference report on the bill H.R. 2605 and that all points of order be waived against the conference report and against its consideration and that the conference report be considered as read when called up for consideration. Agreed to without objection.

Mr. Packard brought up conference report H. Rept. 106-336 by previously agreed to special order.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the previous order, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report.

The previous question was ordered without objection.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of the debate, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the Conference report until later in the legislative day.

The House proceeded to consider the conference report H.Rept. 106-336 as unfinished business.

Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 327 - 87 (Roll no. 452).(consideration: CR H8825)

Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 327 - 87 (Roll no. 452). (consideration: CR H8825)

Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.

Conferees agreed to file conference report.

Mr. Packard asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.

On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H8126)

Mr. Visclosky moved that the House instruct conferees.

Mr. Visclosky moved that in resolving the difference between the House and the Senate, the Managers be instructed to insist on the higher funding levels for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program included in the House-passed bill.

On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H8126-8127)

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

The Speaker appointed conferees: Packard, Rogers, Knollenberg, Frelinghuysen, Callahan, Latham, Blunt, Young (FL), Visclosky, Edwards, Pastor, Forbes, and Obey.

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Received in the Senate, read twice.

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S9650)

Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1186 amended.

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1186 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1186 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Senate insists on its amendment asks for a conference, appoints conferees Domenici; Cochran; Gorton; McConnell; Bennett; Burns; Craig; Stevens; Reid; Byrd; Hollings; Murray; Kohl; Dorgan; Inouye. (consideration: CR S9650)

Rule H. Res. 261 passed House.

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 261. (consideration: CR H6509-6550; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H5625-6526; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H6540; text of Title III as reported in House: CR H6541; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR H6545-6546; text of Title V as reported in House: CR H6546)

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2605 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments.

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 261 and Rule XXIII.

The Speaker designated the Honorable James V. Hansen to act as Chairman of the Committee.

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2605.

Mr. Young (AK) raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr. Young stated that section 506 constitutes legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.

DEBATE - The Committee proceeded with debate on the Visclosky amendment.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - The Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment offered by Mr. Boehlert by voice vote and announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Boehlert demanded a recorded vote. Pursuant to H. Res. 261, further proceedings on the amendment were postponed.

DEBATE - The Committee resumed debate on the amendment offered by Mr. Visclosky.

Mr. Boehlert raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr. Boehlert stated that language, after the comma on page 7 line 7 through page 9 line 2 after the word enacted, constituted legislation on an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.

DEBATE - The Committee is debating the amendment offered by Mr. Dingell.

DEBATE - The Committee is debating the amendment offered by Mr. Salmon.

ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS - The Chair announced that proceedings will resume on the amendments postponed earlier in the following order: The amendment offered by Mr. Boehlert and the amendment offered by Mr. Visclosky.

The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2605.

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 420 - 8 (Roll no. 342).

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 420 - 8 (Roll no. 342).

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 261 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2605 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments.

Introduced in House

The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 106-253, by Mr. Packard.

The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 106-253, by Mr. Packard.

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 147.