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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 409

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3835) to establish a national

advisory referendum on limiting the terms of Members of Congress

at the general election of 1994, and for the consideration of provisions

for advisory referenda on a Balanced Budget Amendment and a Presidential line-item veto.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 20, 1994

Mr. HOEKSTRA submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on Rules

RESOLUTION

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3835) to

establish a national advisory referendum on limiting the

terms of Members of Congress at the general election

of 1994, and for the consideration of provisions for advisory referenda on a Balanced Budget Amendment and

a Presidential line-item veto.

1 Resolved, That this resolution may be cited as the

2 ‘‘Voters’ Bill of Rights Resolution of 1994’’.

3 SEC. 2. Immediately upon the adoption of this resolu4 tion the House shall resolve itself into the Committee of

5 the Whole House on the state of the Union for the consid6 eration of the bill (H.R. 3835) to establish a national advi-
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1 sory referendum on limiting the terms of Members of Con2 gress at the general election of 1994, the first reading of

3 the bill shall be dispensed with, and all points of order

4 against the bill and against its consideration are waived.

5 After general debate which shall be confined to the bill

6 and the amendments made in order by this resolution, and

7 which shall not exceed two hours, with one hour equally

8 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi9 nority member of the Committee on House Administra10 tion, and one hour controlled by Representative Hoekstra

11 of Michigan, the bill shall be considered as read for

12 amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order

13 to consider an amendment in the nature of a substitute

14 by, and if offered by Representative Hoekstra, or a des15 ignee, as an original bill for the purpose of amendment

16 under the five-minute rule, said amendment shall be con17 sidered as read if printed in the Congressional Record at

18 least three days prior to its consideration, and all points

19 of order against said amendment are waived. No amend20 ments to said amendment shall be in order except one mo21 tion each to strike the following titles:

22 (1) Title II—The National Voter Opportunity

23 to Inform Congress Effectively (VOICE) on the Bal24 anced Budget Amendment Act.
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1 (2) Title III—The National VOICE on the

2 Presidential Line Item Veto Act.

3 Said amendments shall not be subject to further amend4 ment but shall be debatable for not to exceed one hour

5 each to be equally divided and controlled by the proponent

6 and an opponent. If on any day the Committee of the

7 Whole rises and reports that it has come to no resolution

8 on the bill, then on the next legislative day the House

9 shall, immediately after the approval of the Journal, re10 solve into the Committee of the Whole for further consid11 eration of the bill.

12 At the conclusion of the consideration of the bill for

13 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill

14 to the House with such amendments as may have been

15 adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or16 dered on the bill and any amendment thereto to final pas17 sage without intervening motion except one motion to re18 commit, with or without instructions.

19 SEC. 3. If a comparable bill has been passed by the

20 Senate, it shall be in order at any time after completion

21 of House consideration of H.R. 3835 for Representative

22 Hoekstra or his designee to move for immediate consider23 ation in the House of such Senate bill. All points of order

24 against the Senate bill and against its consideration are

25 waived. The bill shall be debatable for not to exceed one
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1 hour to be equally divided and controlled by the proponent

2 and an opponent. The previous question shall be consid3 ered as ordered on the bill to final passage without inter4 vening motion except—

5 (1) a motion to strike all after the enacting

6 clause of the Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof

7 the provisions of H.R. 3835 as passed by the House,

8 provided that such motion is offered by Representa9 tive Hoekstra or a designee; and

10 (2) one motion to recommit.

11 If the motion to amend is adopted and the Senate bill as

12 amended is passed, then it shall be in order for Represent13 ative Hoekstra or a designee to move that the House insist

14 on its amendment to the Senate bill and request a con15 ference with the Senate thereon.

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