[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 43 (Thursday, March 18, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H1411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR BUDGET RESOLUTION FOR 
                            FISCAL YEAR 2000

  Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Rules is planning to meet 
the week of March 22 to grant a rule which will limit the amendment 
process for floor consideration of the budget resolution for fiscal 
year 2000. The Committee on the Budget ordered the budget resolution 
reported last night and is expected to file its committee report 
sometime over the next few days.
  Any Member wishing to offer an amendment should submit 55 copies and 
a brief explanation of the amendment to the Committee on Rules in room 
H-312 of the Capitol by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23.
  As it has done in recent years, the Committee on Rules strongly 
suggests that Members wishing to offer amendments offer complete 
substitute amendments.
  Members should also use the Office of Legislative Counsel and the 
Congressional Budget Office to ensure that their amendments are 
properly drafted and scored, and should check with the Office of the 
Parliamentarian to be certain their amendments comply with the rules of 
the House.

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