IV

House Calendar No. 29

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 143

[Report No. 105–89]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to combat violent youth

crime and increase accountability for juvenile criminal offenses.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 6, 1997

Mr. SOLOMON, 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. 3) to combat

violent youth crime and increase accountability for juvenile criminal offenses.

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 consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 3) to combat violent youth crime

6 and increase accountability for juvenile criminal offenses.

7 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Gen-
2

HRES 143 RH

1 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex2 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair3 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

4 the Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be consid5 ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall

6 be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose

7 of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment

8 in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Commit9 tee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. The committee

10 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid11 ered as read. Points of order against the committee

12 amendment in the nature of a substitute for failure to

13 comply with clause 5(a) of rule XXI are waived. No

14 amendment to the committee amendment in the nature

15 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in

16 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this

17 resolution. Each amendment may be considered only in

18 the order printed in the report, may be offered only by

19 a Member designated in the report, shall be considered

20 as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the

21 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and

22 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except

23 as specified in the report, and shall not be subject to a

24 demand for division of the question in the House or in

25 the Committee of the Whole. The Chairman of the Com-
3

HRES 143 RH

1 mittee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

2 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re3 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re4 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot5 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec6 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

7 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se8 ries of questions shall be fifteen minutes. At the conclusion

9 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

10 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such

11 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may

12 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment

13 adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to

14 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.

15 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

16 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without

17 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

18 or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 29

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 143

[Report No. 105–89]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to

ability for juvenile criminal offenses.combat violent youth crime and increase accountMAY 6, 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed