[House Report 107-536]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     107-536

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    PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5010, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2003

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   June 26, 2002.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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   Mrs. Myrick, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 461]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 461, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5010, the 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2003 
under an open rule. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule waives clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting 
unauthorized or legislative provisions in an appropriations 
bill) against provisions in the bill.
    The bill shall be considered for amendment by paragraph. 
The rule authorizes the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to accord priority in recognition to Members who have 
preprinted their amendments in the Congressional Record. The 
rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
    Finally, the rule provides that upon adoption of the 
resolution it shall be in order, any rule of the House 
notwithstanding, to consider concurrent resolutions providing 
for adjournment of the House and Senate during the month of 
July.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of clause 4(c) of rule XIII 
(requiring the three-day availability of printed hearings on a 
general appropriations bill), which is necessary because the 
printed hearings are not yet available and the bill may be 
considered on the floor as early as Thursday, June 27, 2002. 
The waiver of all points of order also includes a waiver of 
clause 4(a) of rule XIII (requiring a three-day layover of the 
committee report), which is necessary because H. Rept. 107-532 
was not filed by the Appropriations Committee until Tuesday, 
June 25 and the bill may be considered by the House as early as 
Thursday, June, 27, 2002.

                                  
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