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House Calendar No. 82

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 316

[Report No. 108–206] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1950) to authorize appropriations 

for the Department of State for the fiscal years 2004 and 2005, to 

authorize appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act and the 

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for security assistance for fiscal years 

2004 and 2005, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 14, 2003

Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, 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. 1950) to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for the 

fiscal years 2004 and 2005, to authorize appropriations 

under the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 for security assistance for fiscal 

years 2004 and 2005, 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 
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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 1950) to authorize appropriations 

3 for the Department of State for the fiscal years 2004 and 

4 2005, to authorize appropriations under the Arms Export 

5 Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 

6 security assistance for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, and 

7 for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be 

8 dispensed with. All points of order against consideration 

9 of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined 

10 to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided 

11 and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 

12 member of the Committee on International Relations. 

13 After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

14 amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order 

15 to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amend16 ment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the na17 ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 

18 International Relations now printed in the bill modified 

19 by the amendments recommended by the Committees on 

20 Armed Services and Energy and Commerce also printed 

21 in the bill. That amendment in the nature of a substitute 

22 shall be considered as read. All points of order against 

23 the amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. 

24 No amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub25 stitute shall be in order except those printed in the report 
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1 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution 

2 and amendments en bloc described in section 2. Each 

3 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

4 the report (except as specified in section 3), may be of5 fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 

6 be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec7 ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 

8 proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend9 ment except as specified in the report, shall not be subject 

10 to a demand for division of the question in the House or 

11 in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 

12 amendments printed in the report of the Committee on 

13 Rules or against amendments en bloc described in section 

14 2 are waived. 

15 SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chair16 man of the Committee on International Relations or his 

17 designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amend18 ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 

19 not earlier considered. Amendments en bloc offered pursu20 ant to this section shall be considered as read, shall be 

21 debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled 

22 by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 

23 Committee on International Relations or their designees, 

24 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub25 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 
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1 or in the Committee of the Whole. The original proponent 

2 of an amendment included in such amendments en bloc 

3 may insert a statement in the Congressional Record imme4 diately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc. 

5 SEC. 3. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 

6 may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed 

7 in the report of the Committee on Rules out of the order 

8 printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman 

9 of the Committee on International Relations or a designee 

10 prospectively announces from the floor a request to that 

11 effect. 

12 SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

13 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

14 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 

15 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 

16 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

17 the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature 

18 of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous 

19 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

20 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

21 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in22 structions. 

House Calendar No. 82

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 316

[Report No. 108–206] 

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1950) 

to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal years 2004 and 2005, to authorize appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for security assistance for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, and for other purposes. 

JULY 14, 2003

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed