[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9417]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 ANNOUNCEMENT BY COMMITTEE ON RULES REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1817, 
 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006

  (Mr. SESSIONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, the Rules Committee may meet next week to 
grant a rule which would limit the amendment process for floor 
consideration of H.R. 1817, the Department of Homeland Security 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006. The bill was reported by the 
Committee on Homeland Security on May 3, 2005, and it received 
sequential referrals to the committees on Energy and Commerce, 
Government Reform, Judiciary, Science, Transportation and 
Infrastructure, Ways and Means and Intelligence.
  Members should draft their amendments to the text of an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute that is intended to reflect the work of all 
the committees of jurisdiction. This amendment in the nature of a 
substitute will be posted on the Web sites of the Rules and Homeland 
Security Committees on Friday, May 13, 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 in the Capitol by 10 a.m. on 
Tuesday, May 17, 2005.
  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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