[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 117 (Thursday, July 30, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H9062]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER RESOLUTION RAISING A QUESTION OF THE 
                        PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Madam Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of 
the IX, I hereby notify the House of my intention to offer a resolution 
as a question of the privileges of the House.
  The form of my resolution is as follows:

       Whereas the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Broun submitted an 
     amendment to the Committee on Rules to H.R. 3326, Department 
     of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010;
       Whereas that gentleman's amendment would have required that 
     none of the funds made available in this Act be used to 
     standardize the design of future ground combat uniforms 
     across the military branches;
       Whereas defense appropriations have typically been used to 
     provide funding for various types of equipment such as 
     uniforms;
       Whereas the gentleman's amendment complied with all 
     applicable Rules of the House for amendments to 
     appropriations measures and would have been in order under an 
     open amendment process, but regrettably the House Democratic 
     leadership has dramatically and historically reduced the 
     opportunity for open debate on this Floor; and
       Whereas the Speaker, Ms. Pelosi, the Democratic leadership, 
     and the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, Mr. 
     Obey, prevented the House from voting on the amendment by 
     excluding it from the list of amendments made in order under 
     the rule for the bill: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That H. Res. 685, the rule to accompany H.R. 
     3326, be amended to allow the gentleman from Georgia's 
     amendment to be considered and voted on in the House.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Edwards of Maryland). Under rule IX, a 
resolution offered from the floor by a Member other than the majority 
leader or the minority leader, as a question of the privileges of the 
House, has immediate precedence only at a time designated by the Chair 
within 2 legislative days after the resolution is properly noticed.
  Pending that designation, the form of the resolution noticed by the 
gentleman from Georgia will appear in the Record at this point.
  The Chair will not at this point determine whether the resolution 
constitutes a question of privilege. That determination will be made at 
the time designated for consideration of the resolution.

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