[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 5632]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




MAKING IN ORDER AT ANY TIME CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3550, TRANSPORTATION 
                     EQUITY ACT: A LEGACY FOR USERS

  Mr. DREIER. I ask unanimous consent that it be in order at any time 
for the Speaker, as though pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, to 
declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the 
state of the Union for consideration of H.R. 3550, and that 
consideration of the bill proceed according to the following order:
  The first reading of the bill is dispensed with;
  All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived;
  General debate shall not exceed 2 hours and 40 minutes with 2 hours 
and 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
including a final period of 10 minutes following consideration of the 
bill for amendment, and 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and 
Means;
  After the initial period of general debate, the Committee of the 
Whole shall rise without motion; and,
  No further consideration of H.R. 3550 shall be in order except 
pursuant to a subsequent order of the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.

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