[House Report 107-607]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     107-607

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4628, INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION 
                        ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003

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   July 23, 2002.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 497]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 497, 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. 4628, the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003, under a 
modified open rule. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule provides that it shall be in order to 
consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence now printed in the 
bill. The rule waives all points of order against the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
    The rule provides that no amendment shall be in order 
except pro-forma amendments for the purpose of debate and those 
printed in the Congressional Record, which shall only be 
offered by the Member who caused it to be printed or his 
designee and shall be considered as read. 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 3(c)(1) of rule XIII 
(requiring the inclusion in the report of any oversight 
findings and recommendations). The waiver of all points of 
order against the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute includes a waiver of clause 7 of rule XVI 
(prohibiting nongermane amendments).

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of 
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together 
with the names of those voting for and against, are printed 
below:

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 163

    Date: July 23, 2002.
    Measure: H.R. 4628.
    Motion by: Mr. Hastings of Florida.
    Summary of motion: To provide the appropriate waivers to 
the amendment offered by Rep. Roemer, which would establish an 
independent commission to investigate events surrounding the 
September 11 attacks against the United States.
    Results: Defeated 4 to 7.
    Vote by Members: Linder--Nay; Diaz-Balart--Nay; Hastings 
(WA)--Nay; Myrick--Nay; Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay; Frost--
Yea; Slaughter--Yea; McGovern--Yea; Hastings (FL)--Yea; 
Dreier--Nay.

                                
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