[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17533]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  LIMITATION ON AMENDMENTS DURING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2660, 
  DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
        RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
during consideration of H.R. 2660 in the Committee of the Whole 
pursuant to House Resolution 312, no amendment to the bill may be 
offered except:
  Pro forma amendments offered by the chairman or ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations, the majority leader or the 
minority leader or their designees for the purpose of debate; 
amendments printed in the Congressional Record and numbered 3, 4, 5, 
and 8, each of which shall be debatable for 10 minutes; the amendment 
printed in the Congressional Record and numbered 6, which shall be 
debatable for 20 minutes; an amendment by Mr. Obey regarding overtime 
regulations, which shall be debatable for 30 minutes; an amendment by 
Mr. Obey regarding SCHIP, which shall be debatable for 10 minutes; an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute by Mr. Obey, which shall be 
debatable for 10 minutes; an amendment by Mr. Tancredo regarding school 
safety, which shall be debatable for 10 minutes; an amendment by Mr. 
Allen regarding title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 
which shall be debatable for 30 minutes; and an amendment by Mr. Toomey 
regarding National Institutes of Health grants, which shall be 
debatable for 20 minutes.
  Each such amendment may be offered only by the Member designated in 
this request, or a designee, or the Member who caused it to be printed, 
or a designee; shall be considered as read; 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. Each amendment 
shall be debatable only for the time specified equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent. All points of order 
against each of the amendments shall be considered as reserved pending 
completion of debate thereon; and each of the amendments may be 
withdrawn by its proponent after debate thereon.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Florida?
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I would simply 
like the assurances of the distinguished gentleman from Ohio that with 
respect to the amendments offered by the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. 
Chocola) and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), that time 
would be yielded to the minority side as well.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman would yield, I 
think the unanimous consent indicates that it would be equally divided.
  Mr. OBEY. No. That is a different question. I just want to make 
certain that of the committee time in opposition to those two 
amendments, that the minority will be yielded some of that time.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I would advise the gentleman there 
is no problem with that.
  Mr. OBEY. 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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