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House Calendar No. 187 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 675 
[Report No. 108–545] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4567) making appropriations 
for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2004 
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. 4567) making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 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 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 4567) making appropriations for
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the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 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. Gen-
eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be con-
sidered 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 proviso under the heading ‘‘United States Visitor and 
Immigrant Status Indicator Technology’’; the proviso 
under the heading ‘‘Customs and Border Protection, Auto-
mation Modernization’’; the proviso under the heading 
‘‘Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Automation 
Modernization’’; the final proviso under the heading 
‘‘Transportation Security Administration, Aviation Secu-
rity’’; the words ‘‘notwithstanding any other provision of 
law’’ under the heading ‘‘State and Local Programs’’; the 
second proviso under the heading ‘‘National Pre-Disaster 
Mitigation Fund’’; section 512; the final proviso in section 
513; sections 514, 515, 519, and 520; all after the word 
‘‘met’’ in section 524; section 525, and subsection 526(b). 
Where points of order are waived against part of a para-
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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 
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. 187 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 675 
[Report No. 108–545] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4567) 
making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 15, 2004 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed