[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 130 (Monday, October 7, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1050]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AUTHORIZING USE OF U.S. ARMED FORCES AGAINST IRAQ
Committee on Rules: Committee granted, by voice vote, a structured rule 
on H.J. Res. 114, Authorization for the use of Military Forces Against 
Iraq, providing 17 hours of debate in the House equally divided and 
controlled between the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on International Relations. The rule provides that it shall 
be in order for the Majority Leader or his designee, after consultation 
with the Minority Leader, to move to extend debate on the joint 
resolution and that such motion shall not be subject to debate or 
amendment. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the joint resolution. The rule provides that the amendment to the 
preamble and the amendment to the text recommended by the Committee on 
International Relations now printed in the joint resolution shall be 
considered as adopted. The rule makes in order only those amendments 
printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. The 
rule provides that each amendment may be offered only in the order 
printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in 
the report, shall be considered as read and shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent. The rule waives all points of order against 
such amendments. The rule provides for one final hour of debate on the 
joint resolution, as amended, equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on International 
Relations after the consideration of the amendments. The rule provides 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Finally, the rule 
provides that during consideration of H.J. Res. 114, the Chair may 
postpone further consideration of the joint resolution to a time 
designated by the Speaker, either on the same legislative day or on the 
next legislative day. Testimony was heard from Chairman Hyde and 
Representatives Berman, Menendez, Davis of Florida, Spratt, Levin, 
Cardin, Price of North Carolina, Inslee, Allen of Maine, Snyder and 
Larson of Connecticut.