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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 472

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3801) to improve the operations of the legislative branch of the Federal Government, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 30, 1994

Mrs. FOWLER (for herself, Mr. TORKILDSEN, Ms. DUNN, and Mr. DREIER)

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee

on Rules

RESOLUTION

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3801) to

improve the operations of the legislative branch of the

Federal Government, and for other purposes.

1 Resolved, That on the fifth legislative day after the

2 adoption of this resolution, immediately after the approval

3 of the Journal, the House shall resolve itself into the Com4 mittee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for

5 the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3801) to improve the

6 operations of the legislative branch of the Federal Govern7 ment, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill

8 shall be dispensed with, and all points of order against

9 the bill and against its consideration are waived. After
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1 general debate which shall be confined to the bill and the

2 amendments made in order by this resolution, and which

3 shall not exceed three hours: one hour to be equally di4 vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor5 ity member of the Committee on Rules; thirty minutes to

6 be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and

7 ranking minority member of the Committee on Govern8 ment Operations; thirty minutes to be equally divided and

9 controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member

10 of the Committee on House Administration; and one hour

11 to be equally divided and controlled by Representative

12 Hamilton of Indiana and Representative Dreier of Califor13 nia, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the

14 five-minute rule. No amendment to the bill shall be in

15 order except amendments which have been printed in the

16 portion of the Congressional Record designated for that

17 purpose not later than the second legislative day after the

18 adoption of this resolution. It shall not be in order to con19 sider an amendment in the nature of a substitute unless

20 offered at the end of the amendment process.

21 SEC. 2. (a) It shall first be in order to consider not

22 more than two amendments in each of the subject areas

23 listed in subsection (b), one in each subject area to be of24 fered by Representative Dreier, or a designee, and one in
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1 each subject area to be offered by Representative Hamil2 ton, or a designee.

3 (b) The subject areas for amendments to be offered

4 under this section are—

5 (1) House committee jurisdictional realignment;

6 (2) term limits for committee chairmen and

7 ranking minority members;

8 (3) open committee meeting requirements;

9 (4) committee attendance and quorum require10 ments;

11 (5) proxy voting;

12 (6) budget process reforms providing for a zero13 based budget and a deficit reduction lockbox;

14 (7) legislative branch personnel; and

15 (8) a pplication of Federal laws to Congress.

16 (c) The amendments to be considered under this sec17 tion shall be offered in the order of the Member specified

18 in subsection (a) and in the order of subject area specified

19 in subsection (b), shall not be subject to amendment but

20 shall be debatable for not to exceed thirty minutes each

21 to be equally divided and controlled by the proponent and

22 an opponent, all points of order against said amendments

23 are waived, and it shall not be in order to demand a divi24 sion of the question on any such amendment in the House

25 or in the Committee of the Whole.
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1 (d) Any amendment adopted under this section shall

2 be considered as having been adopted in the House and

3 in the Committee of the Whole and shall be considered

4 as base text for the purposes of further amendment under

5 the five-minute rule: Provided, That if both amendments

6 are adopted in the same subject area, and Representative

7 Hamilton or his designee has designated the second

8 amendment as an alternative to the first amendment at

9 the time the second amendment is offered, then the

10 amendment adopted receiving the most favorable votes

11 shall be considered as the only amendment having been

12 adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole

13 and as base text for the purpose of further amendment

14 under the five-minute rule.

15 SEC. 3. Following the disposition of amendments of16 fered under section 2, the bill shall be considered for fur17 ther amendment under the five-minute rule by title, in18 stead of by section, and each title shall be considered as

19 read.

20 SEC. 4. If on any day the Committee of the Whole

21 rises and reports that it has come to no resolution on the

22 bill, then on the next legislative day the House shall, im23 mediately after the approval of the Journal, resolve into

24 the Committee of the Whole for further consideration of

25 the bill.
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1 SEC. 5. At the conclusion of the consideration of the

2 bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report

3 the bill to the House with such amendments as may have

4 been adopted, and a separate vote may be demanded by

5 any Member on any amendment adopted in the Committee

6 of the Whole to the bill or to an amendment in the nature

7 of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered

8 as ordered on the bill and any amendment thereto to final

9 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

10 recommit, with or without instructions.

11 SEC. 6. After passage of H.R. 3801, it shall be in

12 order, as a matter of the highest privilege, to consider in

13 the House the first such comparable bill of the Senate re14 ceived by the House, any rule of the House to the contrary

15 notwithstanding. All points of order against the Senate bill

16 and against its consideration are waived. It shall be in

17 order to move to strike all after the enacting clause of

18 the Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions

19 of H.R. 3801 as passed by the House. All points of order

20 against that motion are waived. If the motion is adopted

21 and the Senate bill, as amended, is passed, it shall be in

22 order to move that the House insist on its amendments

23 to the Senate bill and request a conference with the Senate

24 thereon.

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