[House Report 108-591]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     108-591

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     PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4766, AGRICULTURE, RURAL 
    DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005

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July 8, 2004.--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. 710]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 710, 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. 4766, the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 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 makes in order the 
amendment printed in this report which may be offered only by a 
Member designated in this report and only at the appropriate 
point in the reading of the bill, shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for the time specified in this report 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment. The rule 
waives all points of order against the amendment printed in 
this report. 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 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.

                   SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT MADE IN ORDER

    (Summary of amendment derived from information provided by 
the sponsor.)
    1. Hyde: Modifies Section 501 of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 by adding ``Doug 
Bereuter And'' to the title of the ``John Ogonowski Farmer-to-
Farmer Program,'' administered by the U.S. Agency for 
International Development (USAID). (20 minutes)

                    TEXT OF AMENDMENT MADE IN ORDER

 1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hyde of Illinois, or 
              His Designee, To Be Debatable for 20 Minutes

    At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
following:
    Sec. 759. Section 501 of the Agricultural Trade Development 
and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1737) is amended--
          (1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``Doug 
        Bereuter and'' before ``John Ogonowski''; and
          (2) in the heading, by inserting ``DOUG BEREUTER 
        AND'' before ``JOHN OGONOWSKI''.

                                  
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