[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 11960-11961]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 ANNOUNCEMENT BY COMMITTEE ON RULES REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1588, 
      THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Rules may meet next week, 
the week of May 19, to grant a rule which could limit the amendment 
process for floor consideration of H.R. 1588, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004. The Committee on Armed Services 
ordered the

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bill reported yesterday, May 14, 2003, and is expected to file its 
report in the House tomorrow, May 16, 2003.
  Any Member wishing to offer an amendment should submit 55 copies of 
the amendment and one copy with a brief explanation of the amendment to 
the Committee on Rules in room H-312 of the Capitol by 10 a.m. on 
Tuesday, May 20. Members should draft their amendments to the text of 
the bill as reported by the Committee on Armed Services, which will be 
available tomorrow for their review on the Web site of both the 
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Rules.
  Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that 
their amendments are drafted in the appropriate format. Members are 
also advised to check with the Office of the Parliamentarian to be 
certain that their amendments comply with the rules of the House.

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