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House Calendar No. 195

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 488

[Report No. 107–585]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5120) making appropriations

for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the

Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies,

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 17, 2002

Mr. LINDER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;

which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5120) making

appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United

States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal

year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of

3 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R 5120) making appropriations for
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1 the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Serv2 ice, the Executive Office of the President, and certain

3 Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending Sep4 tember 30, 2003, and for other purposes. The first reading

5 of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order

6 against consideration of the bill are waived. General de7 bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one

8 hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and

9 ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropria10 tions. After general debate the bill shall be considered for

11 amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order

12 against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with

13 clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except as follows: begin14 ning with ‘‘Provided’’ on page 12, line 19, through ‘‘2003’’

15 on line 23; beginning with ‘‘Provided’’ on page 74, line

16 15, through ‘‘law’’ on line 25; page 81, line 22, through

17 page 82, line 7; page 102, line 19, through page 103, line

18 10. Where points of order are waived against part of a

19 paragraph, points of order against a provision in another

20 part of such paragraph may be made only against such

21 provision and not against the entire paragraph. The

22 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole shall accord pri23 ority in recognition to Representative Goss of Florida or

24 his designee to offer the amendment printed in the report

25 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution,
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1 which may be offered only at the appropriate point in

2 reading of the bill, shall be considered as read, and shall

3 not be subject to amendment. All points of order against

4 the amendment printed in the report are waived. Except

5 as otherwise specified in this resolution, during consider6 ation of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the Com7 mittee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on

8 the basis of whether the Member offering an amendment

9 has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congres10 sional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of

11 rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered

12 as read. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for

13 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill

14 to the House with such amendments as may have been

15 adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or16 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage

17 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit

18 with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 195

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 488

[Report No. 107–585]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5120)

making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

JULY 17, 2002

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed