House Calendar No. 51

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 197

[Report No. 103–132]

RESOLUTION

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R.

purposes.for foreign assistance programs, and for otherthe bill (H.R. 2404) to authorize appropriationsother purposes, and for further consideration ofpriations for foreign assistance programs, and forAgency, and related agencies, to authorize appropartment of State, the United States Information2333) to authorize appropriations for the DeJUNE 15, 1993

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed
House Calendar No. 51

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 197

[Report No. 103–132]

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2333) to authorize

appropriations for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, and related agencies, to authorize appropriations for foreign

assistance programs, and for other purposes, and for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2404) to authorize appropriations for foreign

assistance programs, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 15, 1993

Mr. HALL of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following

resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2333)

to authorize appropriations for the Department of State,

the United States Information Agency, and related agencies, to authorize appropriations for foreign assistance

programs, and for other purposes, and for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2404) to authorize appropriations for foreign assistance programs, and for other

purposes.
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1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of

3 rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further

5 consideration of the bill (H.R. 2333) to authorize appro6 priations for the Department of State, the United States

7 Information Agency, and related agencies, to authorize ap8 propriations for foreign assistance programs, and for other

9 purposes. No further general debate shall be in order. The

10 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five11 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original

12 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute

13 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec14 ommended by the Committee on Foreign Affairs now

15 printed in the bill, modified by the amendments printed

16 in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accom17 panying this resolution. The committee amendment in the

18 nature of a substitute, as modified, shall be considered as

19 read. All points of order against the committee amend20 ment in the nature of a substitute, as modified, are

21 waived. No amendment to the committee amendment in

22 the nature of a substitute, as modified, shall be in order

23 except those printed in part 2 of the report of the Commit24 tee on Rules accompanying this resolution and amend25 ments en bloc described in this resolution. Amendments
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1 printed in part 2 of the report may be offered only in the

2 order printed, may be offered only by the named pro3 ponent or a designee, shall be considered as read, shall

4 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally

5 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent,

6 shall not be subject to amendment except as specified in

7 the report, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi8 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee

9 of the Whole. All points of order against amendments

10 printed in part 2 of the report are waived. It shall be in

11 order at any time for the chairman of the Committee on

12 Foreign Affairs of his designee to offer amendments en

13 bloc consisting of amendments printed in part 2 of the

14 report or germane modifications thereof. Such amend15 ments en bloc shall be considered as read except that

16 modifications shall be reported; shall be debatable for ten

17 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman

18 and ranking minority member of the Committee on For19 eign Affairs or their respective designees; shall not be sub20 ject to amendment; and shall not be subject to a demand

21 for division of the question in the House or in the Commit22 tee of the Whole. All points of order against such amend23 ments en bloc are waived. The original proponent of an

24 amendment included in amendments en bloc may insert

25 a statement in the Congressional Record immediately be-
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1 fore the disposition of the amendments en bloc. At the

2 conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the

3 Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with

4 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member

5 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend6 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill

7 or to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub8 stitute, as modified. The previous question shall be consid9 ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to

10 final passage without intervening motion except one mo11 tion to recommit with or without instructions.

12 SEC. 2. At any time after the adoption of this resolu13 tion the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule

14 XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of

15 the Whole House on the state of the Union for further

16 consideration of the bill (H.R. 2404) to authorize appro17 priations for foreign assistance programs, and for other

18 purposes. No further general debate shall be in order. The

19 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five20 minute rule and shall be considered as read. No amend21 ment shall be in order except those printed in part 3 of

22 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this

23 resolution and amendments en bloc described in this reso24 lution. Amendments printed in part 3 of the report may

25 be offered only in the order printed, may be offered only
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1 by the named proponent or a designee, shall be considered

2 as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the

3 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and

4 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except

5 as specified in the report, and shall not be subject to a

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

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

8 amendments printed in part 3 of the report are waived.

9 It shall be in order at any time for the chairman of the

10 Committee on Foreign Affairs or his designee to offer

11 amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in

12 part 3 of the report or germane modifications thereof.

13 Such amendments en bloc shall be considered as read ex14 cept that modifications shall be reported; shall be debat15 able for ten minutes equally divided and controlled by the

16 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

17 on Foreign Affairs or their respective designees; shall not

18 be subject to amendment; and shall not be subject to a

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

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

21 such amendments en bloc are waived. The original pro22 ponent of an amendment included in amendments en bloc

23 may insert a statement in the Congressional Record imme24 diately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.

25 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend-
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1 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

2 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

3 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

4 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without

5 intervening motion except one motion to recommit.

6 SEC. 3. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole

7 may postpone until a time during further consideration

8 in the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded

9 vote on any amendment made in order by this resolution.

10 The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may reduce

11 to not less than five minutes the time for voting by elec12 tronic device on any postponed question that immediately

13 follows another vote by electronic device without interven14 ing business: Provided, That the time for voting by elec15 tronic device on the first in any series of questions shall

16 be not less than fifteen minutes.