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House Calendar No. 188

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 430

[Report No. 105–534]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2431) to establish an Office

of Religious Persecution Monitoring, to provide for the imposition of

sanctions against countries engaged in a pattern of religious persecution,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 13, 1998

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, 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 bill (H.R. 2431) to establish an Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring, to

provide for the imposition of sanctions against countries

engaged in a pattern of religious persecution, and for

other purposes.

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 consider-
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1 ation of the bill (H.R. 2431) to establish an Office of Reli2 gious Persecution Monitoring, to provide for the imposi3 tion of sanctions against countries engaged in a pattern

4 of religious persecution, and for other purposes. The first

5 reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate

6 shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour

7 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank8 ing minority member of the Committee on International

9 Relations. After general debate the bill shall be considered

10 for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the

11 amendments recommended by the Committees on Inter12 national Relations, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means

13 now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider

14 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under

15 the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a sub16 stitute consisting of the text of H.R. 3806, modified by

17 the amendments printed in part 1 of the report of the

18 Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. That

19 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid20 ered as read. No amendment to that amendment in the

21 nature of a substitute shall be in order except those print22 ed in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each

23 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in

24 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated

25 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat-
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1 able for the time specified in the report equally divided

2 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall

3 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to

4 a demand for division of the question in the House or in

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

6 the amendments printed in the report are waived. At the

7 conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the

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

9 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member

10 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend11 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill

12 or to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made

13 in order as original text. The previous question shall be

14 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto

15 to final passage without intervening motion except one

16 motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 188

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 430

[Report No. 105–534]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2431)

religious persecution, and for other purposes.tions against countries engaged in a pattern ofMonitoring, to provide for the imposition of sancto establish an Office of Religious Persecution

MAY 13, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed