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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 reso-
lution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2431) to estab-
lish 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.
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 consider-
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ation of the bill (H.R. 2431) to establish an Office of Reli-
gious Persecution Monitoring, to provide for the imposi-
tion of sanctions against countries engaged in a pattern
of religious persecution, and for other purposes. The first
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate
shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on International
Relations. After general debate the bill shall be considered
for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the
amendments recommended by the Committees on Inter-
national Relations, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means
now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider
as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under
the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute consisting of the text of H.R. 3806, modified by
the amendments printed in part 1 of the report of the
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. That
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid-
ered as read. No amendment to that amendment in the
nature of a substitute shall be in order except those print-
ed in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each
amendment may be offered 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 debat-
HRES 430 RH
able for the time specified in the report equally divided
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall
not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to
a demand for division of the question in the House or in
the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against
the amendments printed in the report are waived. At the
conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the
Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with
such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member
may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend-
ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill
or to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made
in order as original text. The previous question shall be
considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto
to final passage without intervening motion except one
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)
to establish an Office of Religious Persecution
Monitoring, to provide for the imposition of sanc-
tions against countries engaged in a pattern of
religious persecution, and for other purposes.
MAY 13, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed