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[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1995]
[Tuesday, June 20, 1995 (83), Para 83.9 Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 1854]
[Page 1015]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

para.83.9  providing for the consideration of h.r. 1854

  Mr. DIAZ-BALART, by direction of the Committee on Rules, called up the 
following resolution (H. Res. 169):

       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 considerationation 
     of the bill (H.R. 1854) making appropriations for the 
     Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     1996, 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 section 
     302(f) or 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are 
     waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 
     shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by 
     the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
     Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be 
     considered for amendment under the five-minute rule and shall 
     be considered as read. Points of order against provisions in 
     the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI 
     are waived. No amendment shall be in order except those 
     printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
     this resolution. Each amendment may be offered only in the 
     order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
     designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 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, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of 
     the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
     All points of order against amendments printed in the report 
     are waived. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may 
     postpone until a time during future consideration in the 
     Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any 
     amendment made in order by this resolution. The chairman of 
     the Committee of the Whole may reduce to not less than five 
     minutes the time for voting by electronic device on any 
     postponed question that immediately follows another vote by 
     electronic device without intervening business, provided that 
     the time for voting by electronic device on the first in any 
     series of questions shall be not less than fifteen minutes. 
     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. The previous 
     question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
     amendments thereto to find passage without intervening motion 
     except one motion to recommit. 

  When said resolution was considered.
  After debate,
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART moved the previous question on the resolution to its 
adoption or rejection.
  The question being put, viva voce,
  Will the House now order the previous question?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. UPTON, announced that the yeas had it.
  Mr. BEILENSON objected to the vote on the ground that a quorum was not 
present and not voting.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. UPTON, pursuant to clause 5, rule I, 
announced that further proceedings on the motion were postponed until 
after the consideration of House Resolution 168.
  The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
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