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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 fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered 
to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1950) to author-
ize 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.
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
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of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation 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. The first reading of the bill shall be 
dispensed with. All points of order against consideration 
of the bill are waived. 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 International Relations. 
After general debate 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 amend-
ment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
International Relations now printed in the bill modified 
by the amendments recommended by the Committees on 
Armed Services and Energy and Commerce also printed 
in the bill. That amendment in the nature of a substitute 
shall be considered as read. All points of order against 
the amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. 
No amendment to that amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute shall be in order except those printed in the report
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of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution 
and amendments en bloc described in section 2. Each 
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 
the report (except as specified in section 3), may be of-
fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 
be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec-
ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend-
ment except as specified in the report, shall not be subject 
to a demand for division of the question in the House or 
in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 
amendments printed in the report of the Committee on 
Rules or against amendments en bloc described in section 
2 are waived. 
SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chair-
man of the Committee on International Relations or his 
designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amend-
ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
not earlier considered. Amendments en bloc offered pursu-
ant to this section shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled 
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on International Relations or their designees, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub-
ject to a demand for division of the question in the House
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or in the Committee of the Whole. The original proponent 
of an amendment included in such amendments en bloc 
may insert a statement in the Congressional Record imme-
diately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc. 
SEC. 3. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed 
in the report of the Committee on Rules out of the order 
printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman 
of the Committee on International Relations or a designee 
prospectively announces from the floor a request to that 
effect. 
SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 
for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 
bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 
adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 
House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 
the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute made in order as original text. 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 in-
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