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House Calendar No. 194

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 442

[Report No. 105–545]

Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 119) proposing

an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit campaign

spending, and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2183) to amend the

Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of

campaigns for elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 20, 1998

Mr. LINDER, 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 the joint resolution (H.J. Res.

119) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of

the United States to limit campaign spending, and for

consideration of the bill (H.R. 2183) to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for elections for Federal office,

and for other purposes.

1 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso2 lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule

3 XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of
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1 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 119) proposing an

3 amendment to the Constitution of the United States to

4 limit campaign spending. The first reading of the joint

5 resolution shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be

6 confined to the joint resolution and shall not exceed one

7 hour equally divided and controlled by Representative

8 DeLay of Texas or his designee and a Member in favor

9 of the joint resolution. After general debate the joint reso10 lution shall be considered for amendment under the five11 minute rule. The joint resolution shall be considered as

12 read. During consideration of the joint resolution for

13 amendment, the Chairman of the Whole may accord prior14 ity in recognition on the basis of whether the Member of15 fering an amendment has caused it to be printed in the

16 portion of the Congressional Record designated for that

17 purpose in clause 6 or rule XXIII. Amendments so printed

18 shall be considered as read. The chairman of the Commit19 tee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

20 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re21 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re22 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot23 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec24 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

25 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se-
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1 ries of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion

2 of consideration of the joint resolution for amendment the

3 Committee shall rise and report the joint resolution to the

4 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

5 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

6 the joint resolution and amendments thereto to final pas7 sage without intervening motion except one motion to re8 commit with or without instructions.

9 SEC. 2. At any time after the adoption of this resolu10 tion the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule

11 XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of

12 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider13 ation of the bill (H.R. 2183) to amend the Federal Elec14 tion Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of

15 campaigns for elections for Federal office, and for other

16 purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed

17 with. General debate shall be confined to the bill and the

18 amendments made in order by this resolution and shall

19 not exceed two hours equally divided and controlled by the

20 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

21 on House Oversight. After general debate the bill shall be

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

23 bill shall be considered as read. Before consideration of

24 any other amendment it shall be in order to consider the

25 amendments in the nature of a substitute specified in the
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1 report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this reso2 lution. Each such amendment may be offered only in the

3 order specified, may be offered only by the Member who

4 caused it to be printed in the Congressional Record or his

5 designee, shall be considered as read, and shall not be sub6 ject to a substitute amendment or to a perfecting amend7 ment carrying a tax or tariff measure. During consider8 ation of the bill in the Committee of the Whole, all points

9 of order against each amendment in the nature of a sub10 stitute specified in the report are waived. Consideration

11 of each amendment in the nature of a substitute specified

12 in the report shall begin with an additional period of gen13 eral debate, which shall be confined to the subject of the

14 amendment and shall not exceed one hour equally divided

15 and controlled by the Member who caused the amendment

16 to be printed in the Congressional Record or his designee

17 and an opponent. During consideration of amendments to

18 an amendment in the nature of a substitute, or of other

19 amendments to the bill, the Chairman of the Committee

20 of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the

21 basis of whether the Member offering an amendment has

22 caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional

23 Record designated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule

24 XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as

25 read. If more than one amendment in the nature of a sub-
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1 stitute is adopted, then only the one receiving the greater

2 number of affirmative votes shall be considered as finally

3 adopted and reported to the House. In the case of a tie

4 for the greater number of affirmative votes, then only the

5 last amendment to receive that number of affirmative

6 votes shall be considered as finally adopted and reported

7 to the House. The chairman of the Committee of the

8 Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further con9 sideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for

10 a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

11 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

12 postponed question that allows another electronic vote

13 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

14 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques15 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider16 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

17 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

18 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a

19 separate vote in the House on any amendment to the bill

20 reported from the Committee of the Whole or to an

21 amendment in the nature of a substitute finally adopted

22 and reported to the House. The previous question shall

23 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

24 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

25 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 194

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 442

[Report No. 105–545]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the joint resolution

for other purposes.campaigns for elections for Federal office, andCampaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of(H.R. 2183) to amend the Federal Electionpaign spending, and for consideration of the billConstitution of the United States to limit cam-(H.J. Res. 119) proposing an amendment to the

MAY 20, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed