[House Report 108-544]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     108-544

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4568, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005

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   June 15, 2004.--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. 674]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 674, 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. 4568, the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2005, 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 authorizes the Chair 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 the rule 
XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative 
provisions in an appropriations bill) is needed because there 
are numerous legislative provisions included in the bill.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill also includes a waiver of section 302(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (prohibiting consideration of 
legislation providing new budget authority in excess of a 
subcommittee's 302(b) allocation of such authority) because 
funding for wildland fire management would breach the Committee 
on Appropriations fiscal year 2004 302 allocations.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill also includes a waiver of section 306 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (prohibiting consideration of 
legislation within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the 
Budget unless reported by the Budget Committee) because the 
bill contains emergency designation provisions and the bill has 
not been considered by the budget committee.

                                  
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