Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.

Introduced in House

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 29 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.J. Res. 13 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Debate is equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. All points of order against consideration of the joint resolution are waived. Resolution provides that upon receipt of a message from the Senate transmitting H.J.Res. 2 with a Senate amendment thereto, it shall be in order to consider in the House a motion offered by the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee that the House disagree to the Senate amendment and request or agree to a conference with the Senate thereon. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.

DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Obey motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the Committee on Appropriations to report the joint resolution back to the House with amendments to provide $3.5 billion in homeland security grants to equip first responders, and to provide $90 million for the Centers for Disease Control for baseline health screening and long-term medical monitoring of emergency response and recovery personnel exposed to toxic substances at the WTC site.

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.(text: CR H181)