[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12573-12574]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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  LIMITATION ON AMENDMENTS DURING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2862, 
SCIENCE, STATE, JUSTICE, COMMERCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
                               ACT, 2006

  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that during further 
consideration of H.R. 2862 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to 
House Resolution 314, no further amendment to the bill may be offered 
except:
  Pro forma amendments offered at any point in the reading by the 
chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations 
or their designees for the purpose of debate;
  amendments printed in the Record and numbered 1, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 
19 and 21;
  amendment printed in the Record and numbered 2, which shall be 
debatable for 15 minutes;
  amendment printed in the Record and numbered 6, which shall be 
debatable for 20 minutes;
  an amendment by Mr. Wolf, regarding funding levels;
  an amendment by Mr. Hinchey, regarding implementation of laws on 
medical marijuana, which shall be debatable for 30 minutes;
  an amendment by Mr. Markey, regarding limitation on funds for 
torture, which will be debatable for 15 minutes;
  an amendment by Mr. Nadler, regarding health insurance records under 
the PATRIOT Act, which shall be debatable for 15 minutes;
  an amendment by Mr. Sanders, regarding FISA applications under the 
PATRIOT Act, which shall be debatable for 40 minutes;
  an amendment by Mr. Schiff, regarding protection of the Federal 
judiciary;
  an amendment by Mr. Cardin, regarding WTO action against China for 
currency manipulation;
  an amendment by Mr. Mica, regarding U.S. and Commercial Service 
Funding;
  an amendment by Mr. Shimkus or Ms. Eshoo, regarding NTIA funding;
  an amendment by Mr. Inslee, regarding NOAA Coastal Zone Management 
Program;
  an amendment by Mr. Fossella or Mr. King of New York, regarding U.S. 
fugitives residing in Cuba;
  an amendment by Mr. Flake, regarding educational cultural exchanges;
  an amendment by Mr. Flake, regarding goods to Cuba, which shall be 
debatable for 20 minutes;
  an amendment by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, regarding data on racial 
distribution of convictions;
  an amendment by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, regarding affirmances by 
immigration judges;
  an amendment by Mr. Moran of Virginia, regarding export licenses for 
firearms;
  an amendment by Mrs. Musgrave, regarding NASA Hollywood liaison;
  an amendment by Mr. Otter, regarding delaying notice on search 
warrants;
  an amendment by Mr. King of Iowa, regarding implementation of section 
642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
of 1996;
  an amendment by Mr. Schiff, regarding DNA collection from convicted 
felons;
  an amendment by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas regarding safety 
requirements for the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station;
  an amendment by Mrs. Jones of Ohio, regarding EEOC;
  an amendment by Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, regarding SBA funding;
  an amendment by Mr. Weiner, regarding State and local law enforcement 
funding;
  an amendment by Mr. Hayworth, regarding U.N. funding;
  an amendment by Mr. McDermott, regarding travel to Cuba;
  an amendment by Mr. Reyes, regarding torture of human rights 
activists.

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  Each amendment may be offered only by the Member named in this 
request or a designee or the Member who caused it to be printed in the 
Record or a designee; shall be considered as read; shall not be subject 
to amendment, except that the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Appropriations and the Subcommittee on Science, State, 
Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies each may offer one pro forma 
amendment for the purpose of debate; and shall not be subject to the 
demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of 
the Whole.
  Except as otherwise specified, each amendment shall be debatable for 
10 minutes, equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent. An amendment shall be considered to fit the description 
stated in this request if it addresses in whole or in part the object 
described.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Marchant). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Virginia?
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, and I do not 
intend to object, but under my reservation I want to simply take note 
of the fact that as I see the situation, counting the votes we have had 
today, if every amendment is offered tomorrow, there would have been 22 
amendments offered and voted upon that originated from the minority 
side and 21 that originated from the majority side.
  If you count the debate time just for the amendments that are going 
to be offered tomorrow, it appears that you have at least 7\1/2\ hours 
of debate time; and if you account for slippage and the time consumed 
in voting, I assume that that means it will take at least 10 hours to 
finish the bill. I think that makes it very difficult to finish 
tomorrow, if the schedule holds for tomorrow.
  So I would simply note that to me that indicates that there is 
apparently as much discontent on the majority side with the 
consequences of the budget resolution on programs in this bill, 
including especially the squeeze on local law enforcement assistance, 
there is as much discontent on that side of the aisle as there is on 
this side of the aisle.
  I would note that the membership on both sides of the aisle has been 
extremely cooperative in reaching time agreements, and yet we have a 
bill that could very possibly take fully 2 days and perhaps even a 
portion of the third day to finish. I think that ought to send a 
message with respect to the inadequacy of funding on the part of a 
number of these programs because of the budget resolution priorities.
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. OBEY. Further reserving the right to object, I yield to the 
gentleman from Virginia.
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman would yield, I was told the 
leadership does plan on finishing the bill tomorrow. But the 
gentleman's points are well taken.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, I would point out if that 
is the case, we are probably going to be here until 8 or 9 o'clock.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there further objection to the request of 
the gentleman from Virginia?
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I just want 
to associate myself with the ranking member's comments and express 
appreciation for the majority side in working hard on this. The number 
of amendments we have agreed to reflects the interest in the bill. It 
is an important bill, and we are certainly going to thoroughly consider 
it. I just want to express my appreciation for working out this 
unanimous consent request.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there further objection to the request of 
the gentleman from Virginia?
  There was no objection.

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