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House Calendar No. 3

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 47

[Report No. 105–4]

Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 2) proposing

an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect

to the number of terms of office of Members of the Senate and the

House of Representatives.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 11, 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 joint resolution (H.J. Res.

2) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the

United States with respect to the number of terms of

office of Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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 joint resolution (H.J. Res. 2) proposing an
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1 amendment to the Constitution of the United States with

2 respect to the number of terms of office of Members of

3 the Senate and the House of Representatives. The first

4 reading of the joint resolution shall be dispensed with.

5 General debate shall be confined to the joint resolution

6 and shall not exceed two hours equally divided and con7 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

8 the Committee on the Judiciary. After general debate the

9 joint resolution shall be considered for amendment under

10 the five-minute rule. The joint resolution shall be consid11 ered as read. No amendment shall be in order except those

12 specified in the report of the Committee on Rules accom13 panying this resolution. Each amendment may be offered

14 only in the order specified in the report, may be offered

15 only by a Member designated in the report, may be consid16 ered notwithstanding the adoption of a previous amend17 ment in the nature of a substitute, shall be considered as

18 read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report

19 of the Committee on Rules equally divided and controlled

20 by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be sub21 ject to amendment. If more than one amendment is adopt22 ed, then only the one receiving the greater number of af23 firmative votes shall be considered as finally adopted. In

24 the case of a tie for the greater number of affirmative
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1 votes, then only the last amendment to receive that num2 ber of affirmative votes shall be considered as finally

3 adopted. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole

4 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider5 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re6 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

7 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

8 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

9 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

10 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques11 tion shall be fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of consider12 ation of the joint resolution for amendment the Committee

13 shall rise and report the joint resolution to the House with

14 such amendment as may have been finally adopted. The

15 previous question shall be considered as ordered on the

16 joint resolution and any amendment thereto to final pas17 sage without intervening motion except one motion to re18 commit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 3

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 47

[Report No. 105–4]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the joint resolution

Senate and the House of Representatives.the number of terms of office of Members of theConstitution of the United States with respect to(H.J. Res. 2) proposing an amendment to the

FEBRUARY 11, 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed