[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12272-12273]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    LIMITING AMENDMENTS DURING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2330, 
   AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002

  Mr. BONILLA. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that during further 
consideration of H.R. 2330 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to 
House Resolution 183, no further amendment to the bill may be offered 
except the following amendments, each of which shall be debatable for 
10 minutes:
  An amendment offered by Mrs. Clayton related to rental assistance, 
which may be offered at any time during consideration; an amendment 
offered by Mr. Traficant related to Buy American; an amendment offered 
by Mr. Allen related to total cost of research and development and 
approvals of new drugs; an amendment offered by Ms. Kaptur related to 
the biofuels; an amendment offered by Ms. Kaptur related to BSE; an 
amendment offered by Ms. Kaptur related to 4-H Program Centennial; an 
amendment offered by Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma related to watershed and 
flood operations; an amendment offered by Mrs. Mink of Hawaii related 
to the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center; an amendment offered by Mrs. 
Mink of Hawaii related to the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii; an amendment 
offered by Mr. Blumenauer related to price supports; an amendment 
offered by Mr. Royce related to allocations under the market access 
program; an amendment offered by Mr. Smith of Michigan related to the 
Food Security Act; an amendment offered by Mr. Smith of Michigan 
related to the Agriculture Market Transition Act; an amendment offered 
by Mr. Smith of Michigan related to the nitrogen-fixing ability of 
plants; an amendment offered by Mr. Baca related to Hispanic-serving 
institutions; an amendment offered by Ms. Pelosi related to HIV.
  Two, the following additional amendments, each of which shall be 
debatable for 20 minutes:
  An amendment offered by Mr. Brown related to abbreviated applications 
for the approval of new drugs under section 505(j) of the Food, Drug 
and Cosmetic Act; an amendment offered by Mr. Stupak or Mr. Boehlert 
related to elderly nutrition; an amendment offered by Mrs. Clayton 
related to socially disadvantaged farmers.
  Three, the following additional amendments, each of which shall be 
debatable for 30 minutes:
  An amendment offered by Mr. Hinchey related to American Rivers 
Heritage; an amendment offered by Mr. Kucinich related to transgenic 
fish; an amendment offered by Mr. Gutknecht related to drug 
importation.
  Four, the following additional amendments, each of which shall be 
debatable for 40 minutes:
  An amendment offered by Mr. Sanders related to drug importation; an 
amendment offered by Mr. Weiner related to mohair.
  Five, the following additional amendment, which shall be debatable 
for 60 minutes, and which may be brought up at any time during 
consideration:
  An amendment offered by Mr. Olver or Mr. Gilchrest related to Kyoto.
  Each additional amendment may be offered only by the Member 
designated in this request, or a designee; shall be considered as read; 
shall be debatable for the time specified equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent; shall not be subject to 
amendment; and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I 
only do so to advise the House what we are doing.
  After the approval of this unanimous consent request, we will go back 
to the Committee of the Whole and we will have the votes that were 
rolled to this time. At the conclusion of that time, I believe we are 
to deal with the amendment of the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Mrs. 
Clayton) briefly. At that point then, the subcommittee chairman will 
move to rise; and we will have concluded the business for the day. We 
will return to this bill the day after we return from our July 4, 
Independence Day recess.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I would just 
like to clarify what that means is that after the disposition of the 
Clayton amendment, we will have the three votes, that will be it for 
the evening. And then when we return after the July 4 recess, this bill 
will be the first order of business. We will take it up on Wednesday, 
and we will debate it to its conclusion?
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. OBEY. I yield to the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, this bill would be considered on 
the day after we return from the recess.
  Mr. OBEY. We mean Wednesday by that; do we not?
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Yes.
  Mr. OBEY. That will be the first bill up, and it will be debated to 
its conclusion?
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. I would expect that it would be first, and I 
know of no reason why it will not be first.
  Mr. OBEY. If I could also clarify the language of the unanimous 
consent request, the last paragraph reads, ``Each

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additional amendment may be offered only by the Member designated in 
this request.'' By that word ``additional,'' you mean the amendments 
previously cited, does not the gentleman?
  Mr. BONILLA. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. OBEY. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. BONILLA. Mr. Speaker, that is correct.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.

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