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House Calendar No. 101
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 351
[Report No. 108–258] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2989) making appropriations 
for the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, and independent 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 3, 2003
Mr. REYNOLDS of New York, 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. 2989) making 
appropriations for the Departments of Transportation 
and Treasury, and independent agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2004, 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. 2989) making appropriations for
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the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, and 
independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2004, 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 equal-
ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Appropriations. After 
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the five-minute rule. All points of order against pro-
visions in the bill are waived except as follows: page 9, 
line 10, through line 15; page 12, line 1, through page 
13, line 2; page 14, line 16, through page 15, line 2; page 
17, line 6, through line 11; page 18, line 3, through page 
24, line 12; ‘‘limited or’’ on page 26, line 9; page 27, line 
14, through page 28, line 7; beginning with ‘‘Provided’’ 
on page 28, line 19, through page 29, line 3; ‘‘Notwith-
standing any other provision of law’’ on page 31, line 5; 
page 31, line 14, through line 21; page 31, line 24, 
through page 32, line 17; ‘‘Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law’’ on page 34, line 24; beginning with ‘‘pro-
vided further’’ on page 36, line 17, through page 37, line 
5; beginning with ‘‘provided further’’ on page 45, line 16, 
through line 23; ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law’’ on page 46, line 25; page 50, line 19, through
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‘‘project’’ on page 51, line 4; beginning with ‘‘Notwith-
standing’’ on page 51, line 12, through ‘‘amended’’ on line 
13; page 53, line 3, through page 54, line 12; ‘‘Notwith-
standing any other provision of law’’ on page 54, lines 13 
and 14; page 72, line 22, through page 76; page 122, line 
4, through line 9; ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law’’ on page 126, lines 15 and 16; beginning with ‘‘and 
the prohibition’’ on page 126, line 20, through 
‘‘2512(a)(1))’’ on line 23. Where points of order are 
waived against part of a paragraph or section, points of 
order against a provision in another part of such para-
graph or section may be made only against such provision 
and not against the entire paragraph or section. During 
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 
have been adopted. The previous question shall be consid-
ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to