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House Calendar No. 125

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 302

[Report No. 105–379]

Providing for consideration of nine measures relating to the policy of the

United States with respect to the People’s Republic of China.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 4, 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 nine measures relating to the

policy of the United States with respect to 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 bill (H.R.

3 2358) to provide for improved monitoring of human rights

4 violations in the People’s Republic of China. The bill shall

5 be considered as read for amendment. The amendments

6 recommended by the Committee on International Rela7 tions now printed in the bill and the amendments printed
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1 in part 1–A of the report of the Committee on Rules ac2 companying this resolution shall be considered as adopted.

3 All points of order against the bill, as amended, are

4 waived. The previous question shall be considered as or5 dered on the bill, as amended, and any further amendment

6 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except:

7 (1) one hour of debate on the bill, as amended, which shall

8 be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and

9 ranking minority member of the Committee on Inter10 national Relations or their designees; (2) the further

11 amendment specified in part 1–B of the report of the

12 Committee on Rules, if offered by Representative Gilman

13 or his designee, which shall be in order without interven14 tion of any point of order, shall be considered as read,

15 and shall be separately debatable for thirty minutes equal16 ly divided and controlled by the proponent and an oppo17 nent; and (3) one motion to recommit with or without in18 structions.

19 SEC. 2. After disposition of or postponement of fur20 ther proceedings on H.R. 2232, it shall be in order without

21 intervention of any point of order to consider in the House

22 the bill (H.R. 2195) to provide for certain measures to

23 increase monitoring of products of the People’s Republic

24 of China that are made with forced labor. The bill shall

25 be considered as read for amendment. The amendment in
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1 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee

2 on Ways and Means now printed in the bill shall be consid3 ered as adopted. The previous question shall be considered

4 as ordered on the bill, as amended, to final passage with5 out intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate on

6 the bill, as amended, which shall be equally divided and

7 controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member

8 of the Committee on Ways and Means or their designees;

9 and (2) one motion to recommit with or without instruc10 tions.

11 SEC. 3. After disposition of or postponement of fur12 ther proceedings on H.R. 2195, it shall be in order to con13 sider in the House the resolution (H. Res. 188) urging

14 the executive branch to take action regarding the acquisi15 tion by Iran of C–802 cruise missiles. The resolution shall

16 be considered as read for amendment. The amendments

17 printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules

18 shall be considered as adopted. The previous question shall

19 be considered as ordered on the resolution and the pre20 amble, as amended, to final adoption without intervening

21 motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the resolution,

22 as amended, which shall be equally divided and controlled

23 by the chairman and ranking minority member of the

24 Committee on International Relations or their designees;
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1 and (2) one motion to recommit with or without instruc2 tions.

3 SEC. 4. After disposition of or postponement of fur4 ther proceedings on H. Res. 188, it shall be in order to

5 consider in the House the bill (H.R. 967) to prohibit the

6 use of United States funds to provide for the participation

7 of certain Chinese officials in international conferences,

8 programs, and activities and to provide that certain Chi9 nese officials shall be ineligible to receive visas and ex10 cluded from admission to the United States. The bill shall

11 be considered as read for amendment. The amendments

12 recommended by the Committee on International Rela13 tions now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopt14 ed. The previous question shall be considered as ordered

15 on the bill, as amended, to final passage without interven16 ing motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the bill, as

17 amended, which shall be equally divided and controlled by

18 the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com19 mittee on International Relations or their designees; and

20 (2) one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

21 SEC. 5. After disposition of or postponement of fur22 ther proceedings on H.R. 967, it shall be in order to con23 sider in the House the bill (H.R. 2570) to condemn those

24 officials of the Chinese Communist Party, the Government

25 of the People’s Republic of China, and other persons who
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1 are involved in the enforcement of forced abortions by pre2 venting such persons from entering or remaining in the

3 United States. The bill shall be considered as read for

4 amendment. The amendment printed in part 3 of the re5 port of the Committee on Rules shall be considered as

6 adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or7 dered on the bill, as amended, to final passage without

8 intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally

9 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi10 nority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their

11 designees; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without

12 instructions.

13 SEC. 6. After disposition of or postponement of fur14 ther proceedings on H.R. 2570, it shall be in order to con15 sider in the House the bill (H.R. 2386) to implement the

16 provisions of the Taiwan Relations Act concerning the sta17 bility and security of Taiwan and United States coopera18 tion with Taiwan on the development and acquisition of

19 defensive military articles. The bill shall be considered as

20 read for amendment. The amendment in the nature of a

21 substitute recommended by the Committee on Inter22 national Relations now printed in the bill, modified by the

23 amendments printed in part 4 of the report of the Com24 mittee on Rules, shall be considered as adopted. The pre25 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill,
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1 as amended, to final passage without intervening motion

2 except: (1) one hour of debate on the bill, as amended,

3 which shall be equally divided and controlled by the chair4 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

5 International Relations or their designees; and (2) one mo6 tion to recommit with or without instructions.

7 SEC. 7. After disposition of or postponement of fur8 ther proceedings on H.R. 2386, it shall be in order to con9 sider in the House the bill (H.R. 2605) to require the

10 United States to oppose the making of concessional loans

11 by international financial institutions to any entity in the

12 People’s Republic of China. The bill shall be considered

13 as read for amendment. The amendments printed in part

14 5 of the report of the Committee on Rules shall be consid15 ered as adopted. The previous question shall be considered

16 as ordered on the bill, as amended, to final passage with17 out intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate on

18 the bill, as amended, which shall be equally divided and

19 controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member

20 of the Committee on Banking and Financial Services or

21 their designees; and (2) one motion to recommit with or

22 without instructions.

23 SEC. 8. After disposition of or postponement of fur24 ther proceedings on H.R. 2605, it shall be in order to con25 sider in the House the bill (H.R. 2647) to ensure that
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1 commercial activities of the People’s Liberation Army of

2 China or any Communist Chinese military company in the

3 United States are monitored and are subject to the au4 thorities under the International Emergency Economic

5 Powers Act. The bill shall be considered as read for

6 amendment. The previous question shall be considered as

7 ordered on the bill to final passage without intervening

8 motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and

9 controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member

10 of the Committee on International Relations or their des11 ignees; and (2) one motion to recommit.

12 SEC. 9. After disposition of or postponement of fur13 ther proceedings on H.R. 2647, it shall be in order to con14 sider in the House the bill (H.R. 2232) to provide for in15 creased international broadcasting activities in China. The

16 bill shall be considered as read for amendment. The

17 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by

18 the Committee on International Relations now printed in

19 the bill shall be considered as adopted. The previous ques20 tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended,

21 to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one

22 hour of debate on the bill, as amended, which shall be

23 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank24 ing minority member of the Committee on International
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1 Relations or their designees; and (2) one motion to recom2 mit with or without instructions.

3 SEC. 10. During consideration of any measure pursu4 ant to this resolution, the list of questions on which the

5 Chair may postpone proceedings under clause 5(b)(1) of

6 rule I shall be considered to include (as though in one of

7 the subdivisions (A) through (E)) both the question of

8 adopting an amendment and the question of adopting a

9 motion to recommit.

House Calendar No. 125

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 302

[Report No. 105–379]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of nine measures relatspect to the People’s Republic of China. ing to the policy of the United States with reNOVEMBER 4, 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed