[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8726]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 ANNOUNCEMENT BY COMMITTEE ON RULES REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1544, 
      FASTER AND SMARTER FUNDING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ACT OF 2005

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Rules may meet the week of 
May 9 to grant a rule which could limit the amendment process for floor 
consideration of H.R. 1544, the Faster and Smarter Funding For First 
Responders Act of 2005.
  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, 
May 10, 2005. Members should draft their amendments to the bill as 
reported by the Committee on Homeland Security on April 21, 2005. 
Members are advised that the report of the Committee on Homeland 
Security, House Report 109-65, was filed on April 28. Members are also 
advised that the text of the reported bill will be available on the Web 
sites of the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Rules.
  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 their 
amendments comply with the rules of the House.

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