[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 103 (Monday, July 14, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D807-D808]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Testimony was heard from Representatives Taylor of 
North Carolina, Obey, and Dicks on H.R. 2691, making appropriations for 
the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004. Further action was deferred.
FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule on H.R. 
1950, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, FY 2004-2005, providing one 
hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on International 
Relations. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on International Relations now 
printed in the bill modified by the amendments recommended by the 
Committees on Armed Services and Energy and Commerce also printed in 
the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points 
of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on International Relations modified by the 
amendments recommended by the Committees on Armed Services and Energy 
and Commerce. The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in 
the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution and en bloc 
amendments as described in section 2 of the resolution. The rule 
provides that amendments shall be considered only in the order 
specified in the report (except as specified in section 3 of the 
resolution), may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 
shall be debatable for

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the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as 
specified in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall not be 
subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order against the 
amendments printed in the report and against en bloc amendments as 
described in section 2 of the resolution. The rule authorizes the 
chairman of the Committee on International Relations or his designee to 
offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in the 
report, which shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 
minutes equally divided and controlled between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on International Relations or their 
designees, and shall not be subject to amendment or demand for a 
division of the question. The rule provides that the original proponent 
and of an amendment included in such amendments en bloc may insert a 
statement in the Congressional Record immediately before the 
disposition of the amendments en bloc. The rule allows the Chairman of 
the Committee of the Whole to recognize for the consideration of any 
amendment printed in the report out of the order printed, but not 
sooner than one hour after the Chairman of the Committee on 
International Relations or a designee announces from the floor a 
request to that effect. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Hyde and Representatives Smith of New Jersey, Rohrabacher, 
Hostettler, Crane, Lantos, Sherman, Schiff, Bordallo, and Pallone.