[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 86 (Monday, June 21, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D657-D658]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2005
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing one 
hour of general debate on H.R. 4613, Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2005, equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment printed 
in the Rules Committee report shall be considered as adopted in the 
House and in the Committee of the Whole. Under the rules of the House 
the bill shall be read

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for amendment by paragraph. The rule waives points of order against 
provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply with clause 2 
of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative 
provisions in an appropriations bill). The rule authorizes the Chair to 
accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their 
amendments in the Congressional Record. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Section 2 of the resolution 
provides that upon the adoption of the resolution it shall be in order, 
any rule of the House to the contrary notwithstanding, to consider 
concurrent resolutions providing for adjournment of the House and 
Senate during the month of July. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Lewis of California, Murtha, and Kaptur.