[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16404]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR H.R. 2586, NATIONAL 
              DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEAR 2002

  (Mrs. MYRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, this morning a Dear Colleague letter was 
sent to all Members informing them that the Committee on Rules is 
planning to meet early in the week of September 10 to grant a rule 
which may limit the amendment process on H.R. 2586, the National 
Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2002.
  The bill was ordered reported by the Committee on Armed Services on 
August 1 and the committee report was filed yesterday. 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 Committee 
on Rules in room H 312 in the Capitol no later than 2 p.m. on Friday, 
September 7.
  Amendments should be drafted to the text of H.R. 2586, as ordered 
reported by the Committee on Armed Services. That text is available at 
the Committee on Armed Services or on its Web site. 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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