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[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1995]
[Tuesday, May 23, 1995 (71), Para 71.7 Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 1561]
[Page 805]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

para.71.7  providing for the consideration of h.r. 1561

  Mr. GOSS, by direction of the Committee on Rules, called up the 
following resolution (H. Res. 155):

       Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
     resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule 
     XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the State of the Union for consideration of 
     the bill (H.R. 1561) to consolidate the foreign affairs 
     agencies of the United States; to authorize appropriations 
     for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal 
     years 1996 and 1997; to responsibly reduce the authorizations 
     of appropriations for United States foreign assistance 
     programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other 
     purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 
     with. Points of order against consideration of the bill for 
     failure to comply with clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI or section 
     302(f), 303(a), 308(a), or 402(a) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 are waived. General debate shall be confined to 
     the bill and shall not exceed two hours equally divided and 
     controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
     Committee on International Relations. After general debate 
     the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-
     minute rule for an initial period of ten hours. After such 
     initial period, amendments shall be debatable only as 
     provided in clause 6 of rule XXIII or in section 2 of this 
     resolution. Consideration for amendment may not continue 
     beyond 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 25, 1995. It shall be in 
     order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 
     amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the 
     nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
     International Relations now printed in the bill modified by 
     deleting section 2210. The committee amendment in the nature 
     of a substitute as modified shall be considered as read. 
     Points of order against the committee amendment in the nature 
     of a substitute as modified for failure to comply with clause 
     5(a) of rule XXI or section 302(f), 303(a), or 402(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. Other than pro 
     forma amendments for the purpose of debate and amendments en 
     bloc described in section 2 of this resolution, no amendment 
     to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute as 
     modified shall be in order unless printed in the portion of 
     the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in 
     clause 6 of rule XXIII. 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. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House 
     on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the 
     bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
     substitute as modified. The previous question shall be 
     considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to 
     final passage without intervening motion except one motion to 
     recommit with or without instructions.
       Sec. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman 
     of the Committee on International Relations or a designee to 
     offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in 
     the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that 
     purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII or germane modifications of 
     any such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to 
     this section shall be considered as read (except that 
     modifications shall be reported), shall not be subject to 
     amendment or to a division of the question in the House or in 
     the Committee of the Whole and shall be debatable for ten 
     minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
     ranking minority member of the Committee on International 
     Relations or their designees. For the purpose of inclusion in 
     such amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of 
     a motion to strike may be modified to the form of a germane 
     perfecting amendment to the text originally proposed to be 
     stricken. The original proponent of an amendment included in 
     such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the 
     Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of 
     the amendments en bloc.

  When said resolution was considered.
  After debate,
  On motion of Mr. GOSS, the previous question was ordered on the 
resolution to its adoption or rejection.
  The question being put, viva voce,
  Will the House agree to said resolution?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. GILLMOR, announced that the yeas had it.
  Mr. HALL of Ohio objected to the vote on the ground that a quorum was 
not present and not voting.
  A quorum not being present,
  The roll was called under clause 4, rule XV, and the call was taken by 
electronic device.

Yeas

233

When there appeared

Nays

176
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