[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 28 (Thursday, March 10, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H1326]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      ANNOUNCEMENT BY COMMITTEE ON RULES ON AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR 
 CONSIDERATION OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Rules may meet the week of 
March 14 to grant a rule which could limit the amendment process for 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. Any 
Member who wishes to offer an amendment should submit 55 copies of the 
amendment and one copy of a brief explanation of the amendment to the 
Committee on Rules to room H-312 of the Capitol no later than 10 a.m. 
on Tuesday, March 15.
  As in past years, the Committee on Rules intends to give priority to 
amendments offered as complete substitutes.
  Members are advised that the text of the concurrent resolution as 
ordered reported by the Committee on the Budget should be available on 
the Web sites of both the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on 
Rules tomorrow, Friday, March 11.
  Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel and the 
Congressional Budget Office to ensure that their substitute amendments 
are properly drafted and scored and should check with the Office of the 
Parliamentarian to be certain their amendments comply with the rules of 
the House.

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