[House Report 108-209]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    108-209

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2691, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004

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   July 15, 2003.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 319]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 319, 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. 2691, the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2004, 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.
    Under the rules of the House the bill shall be read for 
amendment by paragraph. 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 further waives points of 
order against amendments for failure to comply with clause 2(e) 
of rule XXI (prohibiting designated emergencies in reported 
appropriation bills). The rule authorizes the Chair to accord 
priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their 
amendments in the Congressional Record.
    Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.
    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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