[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13061]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      ANNOUNCEMENT BY COMMITTEE ON RULES ON AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR 
      CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, the Rules Committee may meet next week to 
grant a rule which could limit the amendment process for floor 
consideration of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 2006.
  Any Member wishing to offer an amendment should submit 55 copies of 
the amendment and 1 copy of a brief explanation of the amendment to the 
Rules Committee in room H-312 of the Capitol by 3 p.m. next Tuesday, 
June 21, 2005. Members should draft their amendments to the bill as 
reported by the Appropriations Committee on Thursday, June 16, 2005, 
which is expected to be filed with the House on Monday, June 20, 2005. 
Members are also advised that the text should be available for their 
review on the Web sites of the Appropriations and Rules Committees by 
Monday, June 20, 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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