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107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 425

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3497) to amend the Social

Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and

strengthen the Social Security Program through the creation of personal

Social Security guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers

and their families, restoring long-term Social Security solvency, to make

certain benefit improvements, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 21, 2002

Mrs. THURMAN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on Rules

RESOLUTION

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3497) to

amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social

Security Program through the creation of personal Social

Security guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for

all workers and their families, restoring long-term Social

Security solvency, to make certain benefit improvements,

and for other purposes.

1 Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this

2 resolution the House shall resolve into the Committee of

3 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider4 ation of the bill (H.R. 3497) to amend the Social Security
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1 Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve

2 and strengthen the Social Security program through the

3 creation of personal Social Security guarantee accounts

4 ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families,

5 restoring long-term Social Security solvency, to make cer6 tain benefit improvements, and for other purposes. The

7 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points

8 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen9 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex10 ceed two hours equally divided and controlled by the chair11 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

12 Ways and Means. After general debate the bill shall be

13 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The

14 bill shall be considered as read. No amendment to the bill

15 shall be in order except:

16 (1) an amendment in the nature of a substitute

17 consisting of the text of H.R. 3535 if offered by

18 Representative Armey of Texas or a designee;

19 (2) an amendment in the nature of a substitute

20 consisting of the text of H.R. 4022 if offered by

21 Representative Matsui of California or a designee;

22 (3) an amendment in the nature of a substitute

23 consisting of the text of H.R. 4023 if offered by

24 Representative Matsui of California or a designee;
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1 (4) an amendment in the nature of a substitute

2 consisting of the text of H.R. 4024 if offered by

3 Representative Matsui of California or a designee;

4 (5) an amendment in the nature of a substitute

5 consisting of the text of H.R. 4780 if offered by

6 Representative Matsui of California, Representative

7 Gephardt of Missouri, or a designee.

8 SEC. 2. Consideration of each such amendment shall

9 begin with an additional period of general debate which

10 shall be confined to the subject of the amendment and

11 shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled

12 by the proponent and an opponent. Each such amendment

13 may be offered only in the order specified in the first sec14 tion of this resolution, may be offered only by the named

15 proponent or a designee, shall be considered as read, shall

16 be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a

17 demand for division of the question in the House or in

18 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against

19 each amendment are waived (except those arising under

20 clause 7 of rule XVI).

21 SEC. 3. If the Committee of the Whole rises and re22 ports that it has come to no resolution on the bill, then

23 on the next legislative day, immediately after the third

24 daily order of business under clause 1 of rule XIV, the
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1 House shall resolve into the Committee of the Whole for

2 further consideration of the bill.

3 SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill

4 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the

5 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been

6 adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or7 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage

8 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit

9 with or without instructions.

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