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House Calendar No. 115
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 416
[Report No. 108–331] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2443) to authorize appropriations 
for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2004, to amend various laws adminis-
tered by the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2003
Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Rules, reported the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered 
to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2443) to author-
ize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 
2004, to amend various laws administered by the Coast 
Guard, and for other purposes.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2443) to authorize appropriations
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for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2004, to amend various 
laws administered by the Coast Guard, and for other pur-
poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 
General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not 
exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure. After general de-
bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the 
five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-
minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure now printed in the bill. The committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid-
ered as read. All points of order against the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. Dur-
ing consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman 
of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec-
ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an 
amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of 
the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in 
clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be 
considered as read. At the conclusion of consideration of 
the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and re-
port the bill to the House with such amendments as may
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have been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate 
vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Com-
mittee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments 
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 115
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 416
[Report No. 108–331] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2443) 
to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard 
for fiscal year 2004, to amend various laws ad-
ministered by the Coast Guard, and for other 
purposes. 
OCTOBER 28, 2003
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed