[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 98 (Thursday, July 15, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H5896]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      ANNOUNCEMENT BY COMMITTEE ON RULES ON AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR 
      CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3313, MARRIAGE PROTECTION ACT OF 2004

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Rules may meet the week of 
July 19, 2004, to grant a rule which could limit the amendment process 
for floor consideration of H.R. 3313, the Marriage Protection Act of 
2004. The Committee on the Judiciary ordered H.R. 3313 reported on July 
14, 2004, and is expected to file its report with the House on July 19, 
2004.
  Any Member wishing to offer an amendment to the bill should submit 55 
copies of the amendment and one copy of a brief explanation of the 
amendment to the Committee on Rules in room H-312 of the Capitol by 10 
a.m. on Wednesday, July 21, 2004. Members should draft their amendments 
to the text of the bill as reported by the Committee on the Judiciary. 
Members also are advised that the text should be available for their 
review on the Web sites of both the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
Committee on Rules by Friday, July 16, 2004.
  Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that 
their amendments are drafted in the most appropriate format. Members 
are also advised to check with the Office of the Parliamentarian to be 
certain that their amendments comply with the Rules of the House.

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