[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 18, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H8036-H8037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PROVIDING FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3043, DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 
    HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that, during further 
consideration of H.R. 3043 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to 
House Resolution 547, notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 
further amendment to the bill may be offered except:
  Pro forma amendments offered at any point in the reading by the 
chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations 
or their designees for the purpose of debate;
  An amendment by Mr. Pascrell regarding funding for Traumatic Brain 
Injury programs;
  An amendment by Mr. Nadler regarding eligibility for 9/11 health 
programs;
  An amendment by Mr. Nadler regarding funding for 9/11 health 
programs;
  An amendment by Mr. Barton of Texas regarding funding for the 
National Institutes of Health;
  An amendment by Mr. Garrett of New Jersey regarding funding for 
certain autism programs;
  An amendment by Mr. Holt regarding funding for math and science 
partnerships;
  An amendment by Mr. Cooper regarding funding for Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities and Historically Black Graduate Institutions;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake reducing funding for the Corporation for 
National and Community Service;
  An amendment by Mr. Conaway limiting funds for the LIHEAP program 
until certain conditions are met;
  An amendment by Mr. Conaway regarding use of reductions made through 
amendment for deficit reduction;
  An amendment by Mr. Dingell regarding the Deputy Commissioner of the 
Social Security Administration;
  An amendment by Mr. Gingrey limiting funds for Social Security 
totalization agreements with Mexico;
  An amendment by Mr. Hare regarding Critical Access Hospitals;
  An amendment by Mr. Jordan of Ohio reducing funds in the bill by 4.6 
percent, which shall be debatable for 30 minutes;
  An amendment by Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
Cole of Oklahoma or Ms. Shea-Porter regarding the Upward Bound program;
  An amendment by Mrs. Musgrave reducing funds in the bill by 0.5 
percent, which shall be debatable for 30 minutes;
  An amendment by Mr. Price of Georgia reducing funds in the bill by 1 
percent, which shall be debatable for 30 minutes;
  An amendment by Mr. Campbell of California reducing funds in the bill 
by 0.25 percent, which shall be debatable for 30 minutes;
  An amendment by Mr. Obey regarding earmarks;
  An amendment by Mr. Scott of Virginia regarding funding for student 
drug testing;
  An amendment by Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Welch of Vermont, or Mr. 
Weller of Illinois regarding certain Medicare regulations;
  An amendment by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas regarding the Office of 
Civil Rights at the Department of Education;
  An amendment by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas regarding Education for the 
Disadvantaged;
  An amendment by Mr. Upton or Ms. Harman regarding use of Energy Star 
certified light bulbs;
  An amendment by Mr. Pence limiting funds for Planned Parenthood;
  An amendment by Mr. Ehlers regarding funding for math and science 
partnership programs;
  An amendment by Mr. Gingrey or Mr. Jordan of Ohio limiting funds 
regarding requirements for HPV vaccinations for school admittance;
  An amendment by Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin limiting funds for certain 
Centers for Disease Control Activities;
  An amendment by Mr. Garrett of New Jersey limiting funds for certain 
international conferences;
  An amendment by Mr. King of Iowa limiting the use of funds to employ 
workers described in section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act;
  An amendment by Mr. King of Iowa limiting the use of funds to sponsor 
certain events at the Sundance Film Festival;
  An amendment by Mr. Davis of Kentucky limiting performance bonuses

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for certain employees of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
and the Social Security Administration;
  An amendment by Mr. Davis of Kentucky limiting performance bonuses 
for certain employees of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
and the Social Security Administration unless certain requirements 
related to Medicare part D are met;
  An amendment by Mrs. Schmidt limiting funds for title X grantees;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the American Jazz Museum 
in Kansas City, Missouri;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the American Ballet 
Theatre in New York;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the Portugese and 
Lusophone studies at Rhode Island College;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the Shedd Aquarium in 
Chicago;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the Kansas Regional 
Prisons Museum;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the Corporation for 
Jefferson's Poplar Forest in Virginia;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the South Carolina 
Aquarium;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the Burpee Museum in 
Rockford, Illinois;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for a college preparatory 
pilot program at Missouri State University;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the Exploratorium in San 
Francisco, California;
  An amendment by Mrs. Musgrave limiting funds for attachment therapy;
  An amendment by Mr. Souder limiting CMS funds for certain Medicare 
payment activities related to hospital transplant programs;
  An amendment by Mr. Souder limiting funds of the National Labor 
Relations Board to recognize a union as the exclusive bargaining 
representative of employees that has not been elected by a secret-
ballot election;
  An amendment by Mr. Hensarling reducing funding for the Centers for 
Disease Control;
  An amendment by Mr. Westmoreland limiting funds for the publication 
of certain student loan applications;
  An amendment by Mr. Campbell of California limiting funds for the 
Charter School Development Foundation;
  An amendment by Mr. Campbell of California limiting funds for the 
City College of New York;
  An amendment by Mr. Campbell of California limiting funds for all 
projects requested by Members of Congress and disclosed pursuant to the 
rules of the House, which shall be debatable for 20 minutes;
  An amendment by Mr. Camp of Michigan regarding the Medicare Advantage 
program;
  An amendment by Mr. Crowley limiting funds for the North Carolina 
Technology Association Education Foundation;
  An amendment by Mr. Crowley limiting funds for Alleghany Memorial 
Hospital;
  An amendment by Mr. Crowley limiting funds for Caldwell Community 
College and Technical Institute;
  An amendment by Mr. Crowley limiting funds for the North Carolina 
Center for Emerging Technologies;
  An amendment by Mr. Crowley limiting funds for the Southeastern 
Center for Emerging Biologic Threats;
  An amendment by Mr. Hensarling regarding education for Native 
Hawaiians;
  An amendment by Mr. Barrett of South Carolina regarding Byrd Honors 
Scholarship program;
  An amendment by Mr. Lamborn regarding the Corporation of Public 
Broadcasting;
  An amendment by Mr. Hensarling regarding Twin Cities Public 
Television for the Minnesota Digital Public Media Archive;
  An amendment by Mr. Hensarling regarding West Los Angeles College, 
Culver City, California;
  An amendment by Mr. Hensarling regarding Families in Schools, Los 
Angeles, California; and
  An amendment or amendments by Mr. Obey regarding funding.
  Each such amendment may be offered only by the Member named in this 
request or a designee, shall be considered as read, shall not be 
subject to amendment (except that the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations and its Subcommittee on 
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies in 
each such capacity each may offer one pro forma amendment for the 
purpose of debate); and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
  Except as otherwise specified, each amendment shall be debatable for 
10 minutes, equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent. An amendment shall be considered to fit the description 
stated in this request if it addresses in whole or in part the object 
described.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Wisconsin?
  There was no objection.

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