[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17375-17376]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




LIMITING GENERAL DEBATE ON H.R. 2660, DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2004

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that any 
general debate in the Committee of the Whole on H.R. 2660 be limited to 
3 hours, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Florida?
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, could the 
gentleman provide us with the text of the motion? I think we know what 
he wants to do, but we do not have a copy. I would like to make certain 
that there is no inadvertent confusion.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. If the gentleman would yield, the purpose of 
the unanimous consent, since the rule is basically silent on the amount 
of time, is to guarantee, pursuant to our agreement, 3 hours in general 
debate, to be divided 1\1/2\ hours on your side and 1\1/2\ hours on our 
side. This is the unanimous consent request that would be required to 
accommodate that agreement.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, continuing my reservation, I presume that that 
will also allow us to reach a second agreement.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield 
further, this does not address the other agreement on any time limit. 
We would have to propound that as well. This just guarantees that we 
would have 3 hours of general debate.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I understand what the gentleman is doing.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Florida?
  There was no objection.

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