[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18433-18434]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  LIMITATION ON AMENDMENTS DURING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5025, 
TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2005

  Mr. ISTOOK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that during further 
consideration of H.R. 5025 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to 
House Resolution 770, no amendment to the bill may be offered except:
  Pro forma amendments offered at any point by the chairman or ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees 
for the purpose of debate; amendment 1; amendment 2, which shall be 
debatable for 1 hour; amendment 5, which shall be debatable for 40 
minutes; an amendment by the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Istook) 
regarding GSA; an amendment by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Olver) regarding Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, which shall be 
debatable for 30 minutes; an amendment by the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Olver) regarding the IRS or regarding election 
reform, which shall be debatable for 20 minutes; an amendment by the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Brown) regarding the definition of 
manufacturing; an amendment by the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van 
Hollen) regarding OMB circular A-76, which shall be debatable for 20 
minutes; an amendment by the gentlewoman from West Virginia (Mrs. 
Capito) regarding private collection, which shall be debatable for 20 
minutes; an amendment by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake) 
regarding Cuba, which shall be debatable for 1 hour; an amendment by 
the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Delahunt) regarding Cuba; an 
amendment by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) regarding Cuba; 
an amendment by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee) regarding 
Cuba; an amendment by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters) 
regarding Cuba; an amendment by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm) 
regarding the debt limit, which shall be debatable for 20 minutes; an 
amendment by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Gutierrez) regarding the 
Comptroller of the Currency, which shall be debatable for 30 minutes; 
an amendment by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran) regarding 
chapter 89 of title 5 of the United States Code, which shall be 
debatable for 20 minutes; an amendment by the gentleman from North 
Carolina (Mr. Butterfield) on disadvantaged business enterprises; and 
an amendment by the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. 
Norton) regarding federal employee health benefit plans.
  Each amendment may be offered only by the Member named in the request 
or a designee or the Member who caused it to be printed or a designee; 
shall be considered as read; shall not be subject to amendment except 
pro forma amendments offered by the chairman or ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Appropriations for the purpose of debate; 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

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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. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Oklahoma?
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, at this point, 
this bill looks like an accident that started out to happen to somebody 
else.
  I would like to ask one question of the gentleman from Oklahoma. It 
is my understanding that, with this unanimous consent agreement, that 
Members can count on the fact that the last vote on this bill will 
begin at noon tomorrow. It is my understanding that the leadership 
intends to bring up a suspension bill after consideration of this bill 
but that the last vote on this bill will start around noon tomorrow. Is 
that not correct?
  Mr. ISTOOK. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. OBEY. I yield to the gentleman from Oklahoma.
  Mr. ISTOOK. Mr. Speaker, my understanding is the same as the 
gentleman's, that indeed the last vote on this bill tomorrow will be at 
noon and that we will complete consideration of this bill this 
following Tuesday.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, with that understanding, I withdraw my 
reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Oklahoma?
  There was no objection.

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