[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 120 (Thursday, September 22, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H8325]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR H.R. 3824, THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT 
                                OF 2005

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Rules may meet next week to 
grant a rule which could limit the amendment process for floor 
consideration of H.R. 3824, the Threatened and Endangered Species Act 
of 2005. The Committee on Resources is marking up H.R. 3824 today and 
is expected to file its report with the House early next week.
  Any Member wishing 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 in room H-312 of the Capitol by 10 a.m. on 
Wednesday, September 28. Members should draft their amendments to the 
text of the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Resources, 
which should be available on the Web sites of the Committee on 
Resources and the Committee on Rules by 2 p.m. on Monday, September 26.
  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 their amendments comply with the rules of the House.

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