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House Calendar No. 97
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 338
[Report No. 108–236] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2861) making appropriations 
for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, cor-
porations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25 (legislative day, JULY 24), 2003
Ms. PRYCE, 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. 2861) making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry 
independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, 
and offices 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
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of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2861) making appropriations for 
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other pur-
poses. 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 Appropriations. 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: under the heading ‘‘State and Tribal 
Assistance Grants’’ beginning with ‘‘, except that, notwith-
standing section 1452(n)’’ through ‘‘water contaminants’’. 
Where points of order are waived against part of a para-
graph, points of order against a provision in another part 
of such paragraph may be made only against such provi-
sion and not against the entire paragraph. During consid-
eration 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 amend-
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ment has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Con-
gressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 
8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be consid-
ered as read. 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. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 97
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 338
[Report No. 108–236] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2861) 
making appropriations for the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and for sundry independent agencies, 
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 
and for other purposes. 
JULY 25 (legislative day, JULY 24), 2003
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed