[House Report 108-331]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    108-331

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  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2443, COAST GUARD AND MARITIME 
                       TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 2003

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  October 28, 2003.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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   Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 416]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 416, 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 the consideration of H.R. 2443, 
the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 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 Transportation and 
Infrastructure. The rule provides that the bill shall be 
considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
    The rule further provides that the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure now printed in the bill shall be considered 
as an original bill for the purpose of amendment, and shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
    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.

                                
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