[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 51 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2691]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




ANNOUNCEMENT BY CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON RULES REGARDING CONSIDERATION 
 OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 10, FINANCIAL SERVICES MODERNIZATION ACT OF 1998

  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Rules is expected to meet 
during the week of May 4 to grant a rule which may restrict amendments 
to be offered to H.R. 10. H.R. 10 is the Financial Services 
Modernization Act.
  Any Member who wishes to offer an amendment should submit 55 copies 
and a brief explanation of the amendment by Tuesday, May 5 at 5 p.m. to 
the Committee on Rules in room H-312 upstairs.
  Amendments should be drafted to the text of the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute submitted by the chairman of the Committee on 
Banking and Financial Services and the Committee on Commerce and 
printed in the Congressional Record today, April 30.
  This amendment in the nature of a substitute consists of the base 
text which was made in order by the Committee on Rules on March 30, 
which is contained in House report 105-474, except the credit union 
title, title V, which passed the House April 1 under suspension of the 
rules. That is removed from the bill.
  Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that 
their amendments are properly drafted and they should check with the 
Office of the Parliamentarian to ensure that their amendments comply 
with the rules of the House.

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