[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3671]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H. CON. RES. 353, CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
                    ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2003

  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call 
up House Resolution 372 and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 372

       Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
     resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
     XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
     the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 353) establishing the 
     congressional budget for the United States Government for 
     fiscal year 2003 and setting forth appropriate budgetary 
     levels for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2007. The first 
     reading of the concurrent resolution shall be dispensed with. 
     All points of order against consideration of the concurrent 
     resolution are waived. General debate shall not exceed three 
     hours, with two hours of general debate confined to the 
     congressional budget equally divided and controlled by the 
     chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 
     Budget, and one hour of general debate on the subject of 
     economic goals and policies equally divided and controlled by 
     Representative Saxton of New Jersey and Representative Stark 
     of California or their designees. The amendment in the nature 
     of a substitute printed in the report of the Committee on 
     Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as 
     adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The 
     concurrent resolution, as amended, shall be considered as 
     read. After general debate the Committee shall rise and 
     report the concurrent resolution, as amended, to the House. 
     The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
     concurrent resolution and amendments thereto to final 
     adoption without intervening motion except amendments offered 
     by the chairman of the Committee on the Budget pursuant to 
     section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to 
     achieve mathematical consistency. The concurrent resolution 
     shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question 
     of its adoption.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Fossella). The gentleman from Florida 
(Mr. Goss) is recognized for 1 hour.

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