Limitation on Amendments During Further Consideration of H.R. 5025, Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005

LIMITATION ON AMENDMENTS DURING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5025, TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005 -- (House of Representatives - September 14, 2004)

Mr. ISTOOK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 5025 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to House Resolution 770, no amendment to the bill may be offered except:

Pro forma amendments offered at any point by the chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees for the purpose of debate; amendment 1; amendment 2, which shall be debatable for 1 hour; amendment 5, which shall be debatable for 40 minutes; an amendment by the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Istook) regarding GSA; an amendment by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver) regarding Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, which shall be debatable for 30 minutes; an amendment by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver) regarding the IRS or regarding election reform, which shall be debatable for 20 minutes; an amendment by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Brown) regarding the definition of manufacturing; an amendment by the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) regarding OMB circular A-76, which shall be debatable for 20 minutes; an amendment by the gentlewoman from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) regarding private collection, which shall be debatable for 20 minutes; an amendment by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake) regarding Cuba, which shall be debatable for 1 hour; an amendment by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Delahunt) regarding Cuba; an amendment by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) regarding Cuba; an amendment by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee) regarding Cuba; an amendment by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters) regarding Cuba; an amendment by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm) regarding the debt limit, which shall be debatable for 20 minutes; an amendment by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Gutierrez) regarding the Comptroller of the Currency, which shall be debatable for 30 minutes; an amendment by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran) regarding chapter 89 of title 5 of the United States Code, which shall be debatable for 20 minutes; an amendment by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield) on disadvantaged business enterprises; and an amendment by the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) regarding federal employee health benefit plans.

Each amendment may be offered only by the Member named in the request or a designee or the Member who caused it to be printed or a designee; shall be considered as read; shall not be subject to amendment except pro forma amendments offered by the chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations for the purpose of debate; and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.

Except as specified, each amendment shall be debatable for 10 minutes, equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. An amendment shall be considered to fit the description stated in this request if it addresses in whole or in part the object described.

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Mr. ISTOOK. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. OBEY. I yield to the gentleman from Oklahoma.

Mr. ISTOOK. Mr. Speaker, my understanding is the same as the gentleman's, that indeed the last vote on this bill tomorrow will be at noon and that we will complete consideration of this bill this following Tuesday.