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House Calendar No. 206

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 509

[Report No. 103–673]

Providing for consideration of a joint resolution and a bill relating to mostfavored-nation treatment for the People’s Republic of China.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 5, 1994

Mr. BONIOR, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;

which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of a joint resolution and a bill

relating to most-favored-nation treatment for the People’s Republic of China.

1 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution

2 it shall be in order to consider in the House the joint reso3 lution (H. J. Res. 373) disapproving the extension of non4 discriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment)

5 to the products of the People’s Republic of China, and

6 for other purposes. All points of order against the joint

7 resolution and against its consideration are waived. The
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1 joint resolution shall be debatable for eighty minutes

2 equally divided and controlled by Representative Solomon

3 of New York and Representative Gibbons of Florida or

4 their designees. Pursuant to sections 152 and 153 of the

5 Trade Act of 1974, the previous question shall be consid6 ered as ordered on the joint resolution to final passage

7 without intervening motion. The provisions of sections 152

8 and 153 of the Trade Act of 1974 shall not apply to any

9 other joint resolution disapproving the extension of most10 favored-nation treatment to the People’s Republic of

11 China for the remainder of the One Hundred Third Con12 gress.

13 SEC. 2. After disposition of the joint resolution (H.

14 J. Res. 373), the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b)

15 of rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Com16 mittee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for

17 consideration of the bill (H.R. 4590) to provide conditions

18 for renewing nondiscriminatory (most-favored-nation)

19 treatment for the People’s Republic of China. The first

20 reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of

21 order against the bill and against its consideration are

22 waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and

23 the amendments made in order by this resolution and shall

24 not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the

25 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee
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1 on Ways and Means. After general debate the bill shall

2 be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule

3 and shall be considered as read. No amendment shall be

4 in order except those printed in the report of the Commit5 tee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each amend6 ment may be offered only by a Member designated in the

7 report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for

8 the time specified in the report equally divided and con9 trolled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not

10 be subject to amendment. All points of order against the

11 amendments printed in the report are waived. If more

12 than one of the amendments printed in the report is

13 adopted, only the last to be adopted shall be considered

14 as finally adopted and reported to the House. At the con15 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the

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

17 such amendment as may have been finally adopted. The

18 previous question shall be considered as ordered on the

19 bill and any amendment thereto to final passage without

20 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

21 or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 206

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 509

[Report No. 103–673]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of a joint resolution and

for the People’s Republic of China.a bill relating to most-favored-nation treatment

AUGUST 5, 1994

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed