[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16322]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 MAKING IN ORDER ON TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2003, CONSIDERATION OF DEPARTMENT 
                  OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that it 
be in order on Tuesday, July 8, 2003, for the Speaker, as though 
pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, to declare the House resolved 
into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for 
consideration of a bill reported pursuant to section 6 of House 
Resolution 299 making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes, 
which shall proceed according to the following order:
  The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.
  All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived.
  General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 1 
hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
  After general debate, the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the 5-minute rule.
  Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply 
with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived.
  During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis 
of whether the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be printed 
in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose 
in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as 
read.
  At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment, the 
Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 
amendments as may have been adopted. The previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final 
passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with 
or without instructions.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.

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