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House Calendar No. 91
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 326
[Report No. 108–226] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2799) making appropriations 
for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2003
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. 2799) making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Jus-
tice, and State, the Judiciary, and related 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 consid-
eration of the bill (H.R. 2799) making appropriations for
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the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Ju-
diciary, and related 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 equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appro-
priations. After general debate the bill shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order 
against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with 
clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except as follows: the first 
proviso under the heading ‘‘National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration, Salaries and Expenses’’; 
in section 201, all after ‘‘prescribed by the Act’’; the final 
proviso under the heading ‘‘Federal Communications 
Commission, Salaries and Expenses’’; the final proviso 
under the heading ‘‘Federal Trade Commission, Salaries 
and Expenses’’; section 603; and section 607(a) and (b). 
Where points of order are waived against part of a para-
graph or section, points of order against a provision in 
another part of such paragraph 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
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may accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether 
the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be 
printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des-
ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amend-
ments so printed shall be considered as read. At the con-
clusion 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. 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. 91
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 326
[Report No. 108–226] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2799) 
making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2004, and for other purposes. 
JULY 21, 2003
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed