[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 98 (Monday, July 24, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H5652]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5766, GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY 
                              ACT OF 2006

  Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Rules may meet later this 
week to grant a rule which could limit the amendment process for floor 
consideration of H.R. 5766, the Government Efficiency Act of 2006.
  The bill was ordered reported by the Committee on Government Reform 
on July 20, 2006. 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 Rules Committee in room H-312 of the Capitol by 
11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 26, 2006.
  Members should draft their amendments to the bill as ordered reported 
by the Committee on Government Reform, which is expected to be filed 
today. The text of the bill as ordered reported will be made available 
on the Web sites of both the Committee on Rules and the Committee on 
Government Reform.
  Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that 
their amendments are drafted in the most appropriate format and should 
check with the Office for the Parliamentarian to be certain their 
amendments comply with the Rules of the House.

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