[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17879]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  LIMITATION ON AMENDMENTS AND PROVIDING FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF 
H.R. 2673, AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
             AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004

  Mr. BONILLA. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order 
at any time 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 further consideration of H.R. 2673, 
which shall proceed according to the following order:
  No further amendment to the bill may be offered except pro forma 
amendments offered by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations or their designees for the purpose of 
debate and
  An amendment by Ms. Kaptur regarding biofuels, which will be 
debatable for 20 minutes;
  An amendment by Ms. Kaptur regarding APHIS;
  An amendment by Ms. Kaptur regarding credit cards;
  An amendment by Ms. Kaptur regarding the Website of the Department of 
Agriculture;
  An amendment by Mr. Brown of Ohio regarding food safety, which shall 
be debatable for 20 minutes.
  Each such amendment may be offered only by the Member designated in 
this request, or a designee, 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.
  Except as specified, each such amendment shall be debatable for 10 
minutes, and debate on each amendment shall be 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 the debate thereon; and 
each of the amendments may be withdrawn by its proponent after debate 
thereon.
  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 for one motion to recommit, 
with or without instructions.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.

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