[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 18640-18641]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  MAKING IN ORDER AT ANY TIME CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2754, ENERGY AND 
               WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004

  Mr. HOBSON. 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 consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2754) making appropriations for energy and water development 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.
  The amendment I have placed at the desk shall be considered as 
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.
  Points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, for 
failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except for 
section 310.
  During consideration of the bill for further 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, as amended, to the House with 
such further 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.
  And I ask unanimous consent that the amendment that I have placed at 
the desk be considered as read.

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  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Gingrey). The Clerk will designate the 
amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 4, line 6, strike ``Provided further,'' and all that 
     follows through line 17 and insert the following:

     Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act for the 
     preservation and restoration of the Florida Everglades shall 
     be made available for expenditure unless (1) the Secretary of 
     the Army, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, transmits to the State of Florida and the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate a report containing a finding and supporting 
     materials indicating that the waters entering the A.R.M. 
     Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and Everglades National 
     Park do not meet the water quality requirements set forth in 
     the Consent Decree entered in United States v. South Florida 
     Water Management District, (2) the State fails to submit a 
     satisfactory plan to bring the waters

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     into compliance with the water quality requirements within 45 
     days of the date of the report, (3) the Secretary transmits 
     to the State and the Committees a follow-up report containing 
     a finding that the State has not submitted such a plan, and 
     (4) either the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate issues a written notice 
     disapproving of further expenditure of the funds: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary of the Army shall provide the 
     State of Florida with notice and an opportunity to respond to 
     any determination of the Secretary under the preceding 
     proviso before the determination becomes final.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Ohio?
  There was no objection.

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