[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15818]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  LIMITATION ON AMENDMENTS DURING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4818, 
      FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005

  Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that during further 
consideration of H.R. 4818 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to 
House Resolution 715, the remainder of the bill be considered as read 
and open for amendment at any point, and no further amendment to the 
bill may be offered except:
  Pro forma amendments offered at any point in the reading by the 
chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations 
or their designees for the purpose of debate;
  Amendments 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, and 21;
  Amendments 11 and 17 which shall be debatable for 20 minutes;
  Amendment 15, which shall be debatable for 30 minutes;
  Amendments 9, 13 and 18, which shall be debatable for 40 minutes;
  An amendment by Mr. Garrett of New Jersey regarding conference 
attendance;
  An amendment by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas regarding agricultural 
development in sub-Saharan Africa;
  An amendment by Mr. Sanders regarding Export-Import Bank loans, which 
shall be debatable for 40 minutes;
  An amendment by Mr. Deal of Georgia regarding extradition, which 
shall be debatable for 20 minutes;
  An amendment by Mr. Weiner regarding Saudi Arabia, which shall be 
debatable for 30 minutes;
  An amendment by Mr. Buyer regarding monitoring of elections, which 
shall be debatable for 20 minutes;
  An amendment by Mr. Otter regarding West Bank/Gaza;
  An amendment by Mr. Menendez regarding Latin America child survival 
and development assistance;
  An amendment by Mr. Schiff regarding Armenian genocide;
  An amendment by Ms. Lee regarding Global AIDS, which shall be 
debatable for 30 minutes;
  An amendment by Ms. DeLauro regarding child survival;
  An amendment by Ms. Waters regarding contract fraud; and
  An amendment by Ms. McCollum regarding unexploded ordnance.

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  Each such amendment may be offered only by the Member designated in 
this request, or a designee, or the Member who caused it to be printed 
in the Record, or a designee, shall be considered as read, shall not be 
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
  Except as otherwise 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. Cantor). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Arizona?
  Mr. OBEY. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, I would simply 
point out that this is an effort to try to complete action on this bill 
before Members leave. I would also note that, as I count the minutes 
that this agreement provides for, when you include a time for votes, it 
means that we will be very lucky to be out of here by 10:30 or 11 
o'clock at night. So we would appreciate Members' cooperation if 
Members want to get out of here, whether it is to catch airplanes or do 
something even more constructive. It would be helpful if they would 
work with the committee to try to limit the time that it takes for 
consideration of these amendments.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his comments and 
certainly concur.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Arizona?
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right to object. I want to say 
that we have tried to accommodate everybody with their amendments, and 
I believe this agreement does so. I look forward to working with the 
chairman, and, hopefully, everyone will go along with the plan.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there further objection to the request of 
the gentleman from Arizona?
  There was no objection.

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