[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19691-19692]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




LIMITATION ON AMENDMENTS DURING CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2861, DEPARTMENTS 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
during consideration of H.R. 2861 in the Committee of the Whole 
pursuant to House Resolution 338, no amendment to the bill may be 
offered except:
  pro forma amendments by the chairman or ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Appropriations or their designees for the purpose of 
debate;
  an amendment by Mr. Walsh striking provisions in title III and title 
IV, which may be offered en bloc;
  Two amendments by Mr. Smith of New Jersey, each regarding medical 
care for veterans;
  an amendment by Mr. Smith of New Jersey striking section 114, which 
shall be debatable for 20 minutes;
  an amendment by Mr. Edwards regarding medical care for veterans;
  an amendment by Mr. Stearns regarding medical and prosthetic 
research;
  an amendment by Mr. Kirk regarding sharing agreements with the 
Department of Defense;
  an amendment by Mr. Nadler regarding the housing certificate fund, 
which shall be debatable for 20 minutes;
  an amendment by Mr. Fattah or Mr. Davis of Illinois regarding public 
housing, which shall be debatable for 20 minutes;
  an amendment by Mr. Nadler regarding housing opportunities, which 
shall be debatable for 20 minutes;
  an amendment by Mrs. Capps regarding science and technology programs 
on the Environmental Protection Agency;
  an amendment by Mr. Hastings of Florida regarding environmental 
programs and management;

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  an amendment by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell) regarding 
environmental programs and management;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 
regarding hazardous substance Superfund, which shall be debatable for 
20 minutes;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hall) regarding NASA;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran) regarding 
beneficiary travel;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Allen) regarding the 
Clean Air Act, which shall be debatable for 20 minutes;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Manzullo) regarding 
the Buy America Act;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) or the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kanjorski) regarding veterans 
integrated service networks;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch) 
regarding veterans;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moore) regarding 
Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Case) regarding 
redesignation of Hawaiian counties;
  an amendment by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee) or the 
gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky) regarding homeless 
assistance grants, debatable for 20 minutes;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Inslee) or the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Hinchey) regarding environmental programs 
and management;
  two amendments by the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson-Lee) 
regarding NASA, each of which shall be debatable for 5 minutes;
  an amendment by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bishop) regarding 
human testing of pesticides;
  an amendment by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Meeks) regarding VA 
clinics, which shall be debatable for 20 minutes.
  Each amendment may be offered only by the Member designated 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. Except as 
specified, each amendment shall be debatable for 10 minutes, equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. An amendment 
shall be considered to fit the description stated in this request if it 
addresses in whole or in part the object described.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Goodlatte). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Florida?
  Mr. OBEY. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, and I certainly 
will not object because we have been working on this for a long time, 
but I would still like to point out to the Members of the House that 
while I certainly welcome this time agreement for planning purposes, 
Members need to understand that if everyone included in this agreement 
exercises the full amount of time listed in this agreement, we will 
still be here about 9 o'clock this evening. So if people are trying to 
catch their airplanes and they have amendments, many of these 
amendments are subject to a point of order and many of these amendments 
are probably not going to get very many votes. So I think Members need 
to ask themselves how much time they want to take in situations like 
that.
  The committee is doing everything it can to get Members out of here 
so they can catch their planes, but we will need the cooperation of the 
individual Members, or it is not going to happen.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. OBEY. I yield to the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I want 
to confirm what the gentleman has said.
  I recall yesterday the dialogue between the minority whip and the 
majority leader that if we work things out that Members could probably 
consider leaving here about 5 o'clock. And I know that, if we continue 
to do everything that is on this unanimous consent list, that is just 
not going to happen. So Members need to be aware that the 5 o'clock 
suggestion that was made yesterday may not work if we do all of this.

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  Mr. OBEY. Reclaiming my time, I would simply say it most certainly 
will not work if we do all of this. So people need to think about it.
  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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