[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17400-17401]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    ANNOUNCEMENT BY COMMITTEE ON RULES REGARDING H.R. 1950, FOREIGN 
        RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 2004 AND 2005

  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Rules may meet the 
week of July 14 to grant a rule which could limit the amendment process 
for floor consideration of H.R. 1950, the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act for fiscal years 2004 and 2005.
  The Committee on International Relations ordered the bill reported on 
May 8 and filed its report in the House on May 16. The Committee on 
Armed Services ordered the bill reported on June 26 and filed its 
report in the House on June 30. The Committee on Energy and Commerce 
ordered the bill reported today.
  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 of the Capitol by noon, Monday, 
July 14.
  Members should draft their amendments to the combined text of the 
bill as reported by the Committee on International Relations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
which will be available for their review on the Web site of the 
Committee on Rules.

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  Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that 
their amendments are drafted in the most appropriate format. Members 
are also advised to check with the Office of the Parliamentarian to be 
certain their amendments comply with the rules of the House.

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