[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 29 (Thursday, March 14, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H926]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  ANNOUNCEMENT BY COMMITTEE ON RULES REGARDING AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR 
                           BUDGET RESOLUTION

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, the Committee on Rules is planning to meet 
the week of March 18 to grant a rule which will limit the amendment 
process for floor consideration of the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2003. The Committee on the Budget ordered the 
budget resolution reported on March 13 and is expected to file its 
committee report late tomorrow.
  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 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19. The text of the 
concurrent resolution will be available at the Committee on the Budget 
and on that committee's Web site.
  As in past years, the Committee on Rules intends to give priority to 
amendments offered as complete substitutes.
  Members should also use the Office of Legislative Counsel and the 
Congressional Budget Office to ensure that their substitute amendments 
are properly drafted and scored and should check with the Office of the 
Parliamentarian to be certain that their substitute amendments comply 
with the rules of the House.

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