[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15036]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 ANNOUNCEMENT BY COMMITTEE ON RULES REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 2563, 
               BIPARTISAN PATIENT PROTECTION ACT OF 2001

  (Mr. Dreier asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Rules is planning to meet 
this week to grant a rule which may limit the amendment process to H.R. 
2563, the Bipartisan Patient Protection Act of 2001.
  Any Member wishing to offer an amendment should submit 55 copies of 
the amendment and one copy of a very brief explanation of the amendment 
to the Committee on Rules in H-312 of the Capitol no later than 5 p.m. 
Tuesday, July 31, which is where we are right now.
  Amendments should be drafted to the text of H.R. 2563 as introduced 
in the House. 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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