[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 80 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS TO LEGISLATIVE 
                       BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS BILL

  (Mr. SOLOMON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to make two announcements. The 
first announcement is that there probably will not be a vote on the 
floor for another hour.
  Secondly, the Committee on Rules is planning to meet next week to 
grant a rule which may limit the amendments offered to the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Bill.
  Members who wish to offer amendments to the bill should submit 55 
copies of their amendments, together with a brief explanation, to the 
Committee on Rules office in H-312 of the Capitol, no later than noon 
on Tuesday, June 23.
  Amendments should be drafted to the bill as ordered reported by the 
Committee on Appropriations. Copies of the text will be available for 
examination by Members and staff in the offices of the Committee on 
Appropriations in H-218 of the Capitol.
  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 their amendments comply with the 
rules of the House.
  Any offset amendments should be scored by the Congressional Budget 
Office, and Members ought to listen to that, to ensure compliance with 
clause 2(f) of rule XXI, which requires that they not increase the 
overall levels of budget authority and outlays in the bill. Otherwise, 
those amendments may not be in order.

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