[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21138]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR H.R. 3402, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS 
           AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 2006 THROUGH 2009

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Rules may meet next week to 
grant a rule which could limit the amendment process for floor 
consideration of H.R. 3402, the Department of Justice Appropriations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 through 2009.
  Any Member wishing to offer an amendment should submit 55 copies of 
the amendment and one copy of a brief explanation of the amendment to 
the Committee on Rules in room H-312 of the Capitol by noon on Tuesday, 
September 27, 2005. Members should draft their amendments to the bill 
as reported by the Committee on the Judiciary on July 27, 2005, which 
is expected to be filed with the House on Thursday, September 22. 
Members are also advised that the text should be available for their 
review on the Web sites of the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
Committee on Rules today.
  Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that 
their amendments are drafted in the most appropriate format, and should 
check with the Office of the Parliamentarian to be certain that their 
amendments comply with the rules of the House.

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