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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D770 on July 18, 2005.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 2006 AND 2007
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 2601, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and of other purposes, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on International Relations. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provide that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on International Relations now printed in the bill modified by the amendment printed in Part A of the Rules Committee report shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on International Relations. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules.
The rule provides that amendments shall be considered only in the order specified in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as specified in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order against amendments printed in the report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Hyde, Smith of New Jersey, Burton, Mack, Foley, Kennedy of Minnesota, Lantos, Markey, Spratt and McGovern.
