[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18841]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION TO OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES ON H.R. 
        1308, TAX RELIEF, SIMPLIFICATION, AND EQUITY ACT OF 2003

   Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, subject to rule XXII, clause 7(c), I hereby 
announce my intention to offer a motion to instruct on H.R. 1308, the 
Child Tax Credit bill. The form of the motion is as follows:

        Mr. Speaker, I move that the managers on the part of the 
     House in the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two 
     Houses on the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 
     1308 be instructed as follows:
        Number one, the House conferees shall be instructed to 
     include in the conference report the provision of the Senate 
     amendment not included in the House amendment that provides 
     immediate payments to taxpayers receiving an additional 
     credit by reason of the bill in the same manner as other 
     taxpayers were entitled to immediate payments under the Jobs 
     and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.
        Number two, the House conferees shall be instructed to 
     include in the conference report the provision of the Senate 
     amendment (not included in the House amendment) that provides 
     families of military personnel serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, 
     and other combat zones a child credit based on the earnings 
     of the individual serving in the combat zone.
        Number three, the House conferees shall be instructed to 
     include in the conference report all of the other provisions 
     of the Senate amendment and shall not report back a 
     conference report that includes additional tax benefits not 
     offset by other provisions.
        Number four, to the maximum extent possible within the 
     scope of the conference, the House conferees shall be 
     instructed to include in the conference report other tax 
     benefits for military personnel and the families of the 
     astronauts who died in the Columbia disaster.
        Finally, number five, the House conferees shall, as soon 
     as practicable, after the adoption of this motion, meet in 
     open session with the Senate conferees, and the House 
     conferees shall file a conference report consistent with the 
     preceding provisions of this instruction not later than the 
     second legislative day after adoption of this motion.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the notice will appear 
in the Record.

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