[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 111 (Thursday, July 24, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H7595]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION TO OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES ON H.R. 
        1308, TAX RELIEF, SIMPLIFICATION, AND EQUITY ACT OF 2003

  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, subject to clause 7(c) of rule XXII, I 
announce my intention to offer a motion to instruct on H.R. 1308. The 
form of the motion is as follows:

       Mr. Speaker, I move that the managers on the part of the 
     House in the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two 
     Houses on the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 
     1308 be instructed as follows:
       1. The House conferees shall be instructed to include in 
     the conference report the provision of the Senate amendment 
     (not included in the House amendment) that provides immediate 
     payments to taxpayers receiving an additional credit by 
     reason of the bill in the manner as other taxpayers were 
     entitled immediate payments under the Jobs and Growth Tax 
     Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.
       2. The House conferees shall be instructed to include in 
     the conference report the provision of the Senate amendment 
     (not included in the House amendment) that provides families 
     of military personnel serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other 
     combat zones a child credit based on the earnings of the 
     individuals serving in the combat zone.
       3. The House conferees shall be instructed to include in 
     the conference report all of the other provisions of the 
     Senate amendment and shall not report back a conference 
     report that includes additional tax benefits not offset by 
     other provisions.
       4. To the maximum extent possible within the scope of 
     conference, the House conferees shall be instructed to 
     include in the conference report other tax benefits for 
     military personnel and the families of the astronauts who 
     died in the Columbia disaster.
       5. The House conferees shall, as soon as practicable after 
     the adoption of this motion, meet in open session with the 
     Senate conferees and the House conferees shall file a 
     conference report consistent with the preceeding provisions 
     of this instruction, not later than the second legislative 
     day after adoption of this motion.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The gentlewoman's statement 
will appear in the record.

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