[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. 1279, 
          GANG DETERRENCE AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION 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. 1279, the Gang Deterrence and Community 
Protection Act of 2005.
  Any Member wishing to offer an amendment should submit 55 copies 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 the Judiciary on April 20, 2005. Members are advised that 
the report of the Committee on the Judiciary is expected to be filed 
today, Thursday, May 5, and Members are also advised that the text of 
the reported bill should be available for their review on the Web sites 
of the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Rules by this 
evening.
  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.
  Mr. Speaker, with that I wish my colleagues a happy Cinco de Mayo and 
a Happy Mother's Day.

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