[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23234]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




PROVIDING FOR CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3311, AUTHORIZING 
ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND RECONSTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE 
  I-35 BRIDGE IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA; MAKING IN ORDER AT ANY TIME 
 CONSIDERATION OF S. 1927, PROTECT AMERICA ACT OF 2007; AND MAKING IN 
  ORDER AT ANY TIME CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3222, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent
  (1) that the House hereby concurs in the Senate amendment to H.R. 
3311; and
  (2) that it be in order at any time on the legislative day of August 
4, 2007, to consider S. 1927 in the House under the following terms:
  All points of order against the bill and against its consideration 
are waived except those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI;
  The bill shall be considered as read;
  The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill to 
its final passage without intervening motion except: (a) 1 hour of 
debate equally divided among and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the committee on the Judiciary and the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence; and (b) one motion to recommit; and
  (3) that it shall be in order at any time on the legislative day of 
August 4, 2007, for the Speaker, as though pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole 
House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
3222) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; and that 
the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with; all points of 
order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising 
under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI; points of order against provisions in 
the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived; 
and no general debate shall be in order and the bill shall be 
considered for amendment under the 5-minute rule; no 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;
  An amendment by Mr. Rogers of Michigan increasing funding for 
cooperative threat reduction programs;
  An amendment by Mr. Franks of Arizona regarding missile defense;
  An amendment by Mr. Sessions striking section 8020;
  An amendment by Mr. Issa regarding public disclosure of the aggregate 
amount of funds appropriated for the National Intelligence program;
  An amendment by Mr. Walberg limiting funds to award grants or 
contracts based on race, ethnicity or sex;
  An amendment by Mr. Castle limiting funds for certain contract awards 
unless certain conditions are met;
  An amendment by Mr. Castle authorizing the use of funds for certain 
reserve leave policies;
  An amendment by Mr. Campbell of California limiting funds for the 
Swimmer Detection Sonar Network;
  An amendment by Mr. Campbell of California limiting funds for Paint 
Shield for Program People from Microbial Threats project;
  An amendment by Mr. Inslee regarding the National Security Personnel 
System;
  An amendment by Mr. Upton or Ms. Harman regarding use of Energy Star 
certified light bulbs;
  An amendment by Mr. Conaway regarding use of reductions made through 
amendment for deficit reduction;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the National Drug 
Intelligence Center;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the Concurrent 
Technologies Corporation;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the Lewis Center for 
Education Research;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the Presidio Trust;
  An amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the Atmospheric Water 
Harvesting Project;
  And an amendment by Mr. Flake limiting funds for the Doyle Center for 
Manufacturing Technology.
  Each such amendment may be offered only by the Member named in this 
request 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 
Defense each may offer one pro forma amendment for the purpose of 
debate; and shall not be subject to a 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.
  At the conclusion of the consideration of the bill for amendment, the 
Committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the House with 
such further amendments as may have been adopted; and
  The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Maryland?
  There was no objection.

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