[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      ANNOUNCEMENT OF AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR THE 1998 INTELLIGENCE 
                           AUTHORIZATION BILL

  (Mr. SOLOMON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Rules is planning to meet 
during the week of July 7; that is the week we return, to grant a rule 
for consideration of H.R. 1775, the intelligence authorization bill for 
fiscal year 1998. The Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence has requested a rule which would require the amendments be 
preprinted in the Congressional Record. If this request is granted, 
amendments to be preprinted would need to be signed by the Member and 
submitted at the Speaker's table, not at the Committee on Rules. The 
amendments would still need to be consistent with House rules and would 
be given no special protection by being printed. Members should use the 
Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that their amendments are 
properly drafted and should check with the Office of the 
Parliamentarian to be certain that their amendments comply with the 
rules of the House. It is not necessary to submit the amendments again 
to the Committee on Rules. Members must submit them to the table here 
in the House.




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