[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 28534]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



ANNOUNCEMENT BY COMMITTEE ON RULES REGARDING AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR H.R. 
                    3073, FATHERS COUNT ACT OF 1999

  Mr. SESSIONS. Madam Speaker, a dear colleague letter will be 
delivered to each Member's office today notifying them of the Committee 
on Rules plan to meet the week of November 8 to grant a rule which may 
limit the amendment process on H.R. 3073, the ``Fathers Count Act of 
1999.''
  Any Member who wishes to offer an amendment should submit 55 copies 
and a brief explanation of the amendment by 3 p.m., on Monday, November 
8, to the Committee on Rules, in room H-312 in the Capitol. Amendments 
should be drafted to an amendment in the nature of a substitute offered 
by the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Mrs. Johnson) which will be 
printed in today's Congressional Record and numbered 1. The text of the 
amendment will also be available on the website of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, as well as the website of the Committee on 
Ways and Means.
  This amendment in the nature of a substitute combines the Welfare to 
Work provisions reported by the Education and Workforce Committee with 
H.R. 3073. It is the intention of the Committee on Rules to make in 
order the amendment by the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Mrs. Johnson) 
as the base text for the purpose of further amendment.
  Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that 
their amendments are properly drafted and should check with the Office 
of the Parliamentarian to be certain that their amendments comply with 
the rules of the House.

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