The Rules Committee has announced that it may meet this week to grant a rule which could limit the amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 10, the 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act. The Committees on Armed Services, Financial Services, Government Reform, Intelligence and the Judiciary marked-up and ordered the bill reported on September 29, 2004.

Any Member who wishes to offer an amendment should submit 55 copies of the amendment and one copy of a brief explanation of the amendment to the Rules Committee in room H-312 of the Capitol by 7:00 PM on Tuesday, October 5th. A copy of the form used to submit amendments to the Rules Committee is available at the top of this page. Members should draft their amendments to the text of the Rules Committee print, dated October 4th, which is available for their review on the Rules Committee website.

Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that their amendments are drafted in the most appropriate format. Members should also check with the Office of the Parliamentarian to be certain their amendments comply with the rules of the House. If you have any questions, please contact Adam Jarvis at x5-9191.