[House Report 107-585]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     107-585

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    PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5120, TREASURY AND GENERAL 
                  GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2003

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   July 17, 2002.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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    Mr. Linder, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 488]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 488, by a record vote of 9 to 1, 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. 5120, the 
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 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 points of order against provisions 
in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI 
(prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative 
provisions in an appropriations bill), except as specified in 
the resolution.
    The rule provides that the bill shall be considered for 
amendment by paragraph.
    The rule provides that the amendment printed in this report 
may be offered only at the appropriate point in the reading of 
the bill, shall be considered as read, and shall not be subject 
to amendment. The rule provides that the Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole shall accord priority in recognition to 
Representative Goss of Florida or his designee to offer the 
amendment printed in this report. The rule waives all points of 
order against the amendment printed in this report.
    The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to accord priority in recognition to Members who have 
preprinted their amendments in the Congressional Record. 
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.
    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 appropriation bill). The waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI 
(prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative 
provisions in an appropriations bill) is needed because there 
are numerous legislative provisions included in the bill.




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                    TEXT OF AMENDMENT MADE IN ORDER

    Page 103, insert after line 10 the following new section:
    Sec. 647. Any limitation in this Act on the use of funds to 
administer or enforce regulations restricting travel to Cuba or 
transactions related to travel to Cuba shall apply only after 
the President has certified to the Congress that the Cuban 
Government--
          (1) does not possess and is not developing a 
        biological weapons program that threatens the homeland 
        security of the United States;
          (2) is not providing to terrorist states or terrorist 
        organizations technology that could be used to produce, 
        develop, or deliver biological weapons; and
          (3) is not providing support or sanctuary to 
        international terrorists.

                                  
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