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House Calendar No. 35
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 119
[Report No. 104–85]
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to restore the Amer-
ican family, reduce illegitimacy, control welfare spending, and reduce
welfare dependence.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 21, 1995
Mr. SOLOMON, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to
restore the American family, reduce illegitimacy, control
welfare spending, and reduce welfare dependence.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of
rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further
consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to restore the American
family, reduce illegitimacy, control welfare spending, and
reduce welfare dependence. No further general debate
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shall be in order. An amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute consisting of the text of H.R. 1214 shall be consid-
ered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of
the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as
the original bill for the purpose of further amendment
under the five-minute rule. The bill, as amended, shall be
considered as read. No further amendment shall be in
order except the amendments printed in the report of the
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, amend-
ments en bloc described in section 2 of this resolution, and
the amendments designated in section 3 of this resolution.
Except as specified in section 2, 3, or 4 of this resolution,
each amendment made in order by this resolution may be
considered only in the order printed in the report, may
be offered only by a Member designated in the report,
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for twenty
minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent
and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment (ex-
cept that the chairman and ranking minority member of
the Committee on Ways and Means, or their designees,
each may offer one pro forma amendment to any amend-
ment printed in the report for the purpose of debate), and
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques-
tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All
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points of order against amendments made in order by this
resolution are waived.
SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time before the
consideration of the amendments designated in section 3
of this resolution for the chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means or his designee to offer amendments en
bloc consisting of amendments printed in the report of the
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution not ear-
lier disposed of or germane modifications of any such
amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this
section shall be considered as read (except that modifica-
tions shall be reported) and shall be debatable for twenty
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways
and Means or their designees. For the purpose of inclusion
in such amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in
the form of a motion to strike may be modified to the
form of a germane perfecting amendment to the text origi-
nally proposed to be stricken. The original proponent of
an amendment included in such amendments en bloc may
insert a statement in the Congressional Record imme-
diately before the discussion of the amendments en bloc.
SEC. 3. (a) After disposition of the amendments
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution and any amendments en bloc of-
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fered pursuant to section 2 of this resolution, it shall be
in order to consider the following amendments in the fol-
lowing order—
(1) a further amendment in the nature of a
substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 1267, if of-
fered by Representative Deal of Georgia or his des-
ignee;
(2) a further amendment in the nature of a
substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 1250, if of-
fered by Representative Mink of Hawaii or her des-
ignee; and
(3) a further amendment in the nature of a
substitute consisting of the text of the bill, as it had
been perfected before the consideration of amend-
ments pursuant to this section, if offered by the
chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means or
his designee.
(b) Each of the amendments designated in subsection
(a) of this section shall be debatable for one hour equally
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent.
(c) The amendment designated in subparagraph
(a)(3) of this section shall be subject to amendment by
any amendment printed in the report of the Committee
on Rules accompanying this resolution that was not earlier
disposed of as an amendment to the bill, as amended pur-
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suant to this resolution, before the consideration of
amendments pursuant to this section. Amendments to the
amendment designated in subparagraph (a)(3) of this sec-
tion shall be considered under the same terms as if offered
to the bill, as amended by this resolution, and shall be
subject to the last sentence of section 4 of this resolution.
(d) If more than one of the amendments designated
in subsection (a) of this section is adopted, then only the
one receiving the greater number of affirmative votes shall
be considered as finally adopted. In the case of a tie for
the greater number of affirmative votes, then only the last
amendment to receive that number of affirmative votes
shall be considered as finally adopted.
SEC. 4. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole
may postpone until a time during further consideration
in the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded
vote on any amendment made in order by this resolution.
The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may reduce
to not less than five minutes the time for voting by elec-
tronic device on any postponed question that immediately
follows another vote by electronic device without interven-
ing business, provided that the time for voting by elec-
tronic device on the first in any series of questions shall
be not less than fifteen minutes. The Chairman of the
Committee of the Whole may recognize for consideration