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‘‘(f)(1) It shall not be in order to consider a con-
ference report if— 
‘‘(A) it contained a serious violation of clause 
9(a); 
‘‘(B) it contained changes (including additions 
or deletions) made after the managers had reached 
a final agreement; 
‘‘(C) the managers on the part of the House 
who are minority party members were not allowed to 
fully participate in the conference; or 
‘‘(D) there were any other serious violation of 
the Rules of the House in events surrounding the 
conference report or any conference committee meet-
ings. 
‘‘(2) A point of order may only be made pursuant 
to this paragraph by majority leader or minority leader 
of the House.’’. 
‘‘(3)(A) As disposition of a point of order under sub-
paragraph (1), the Chair shall put the question of consid-
eration with respect to the proposition that is the subject 
of the point of order. A question of consideration under 
this clause shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the Mem-
ber initiating the point of order and for 10 minutes by 
an opponent of the point of order, but shall otherwise be 
decided without intervening motion except one that the 
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House adjourn or that the Committee of the Whole rise, 
as the case may be. 
‘‘(B) The disposition of the question of consideration 
under this clause with respect to a bill or joint resolution 
shall be considered also to determine the question of con-
sideration under this clause with respect to an amendment 
made in order as original text.’’. 
SEC. 4. ROLL CALL VOTE IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
Clause 8 of rule XXII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives (as amended by section 3) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph— 
‘‘(g) Each conference report to the House may only 
be considered if a roll call vote, in an open meeting, was 
held on the final version of the conference report and the 
result of such vote was included in the joint explanatory 
statement of managers accompanying such conference re-
port.’’. 
SEC. 5. FILING OF REPORTS BY THE COMMITTEE ON 
RULES. 
Clause 6(a) of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended by striking ’’on the same day’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘within 24 hours of when’’. 
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SEC. 6. DISCLOSURE RESPECTING EXTENDED PERIODS OF 
TIME FOR VOTING. 
Clause 2(a) of rule XX of the House of Representa-
tives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentences: ‘‘Whenever the maximum time exceeds be 30 
minutes, the Speaker shall have published in the Congres-
sional Record for that legislative day a log of all voting 
activity occurring after the first 30 minutes of the re-
corded vote. The log shall set forth the names of any Mem-
bers who changed their votes or first voted after such 30- 
minute period.’’. 
SEC. 7. POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR MEMBERS. 
Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended by redesignating clause 14 as clause 15 
and by adding after clause 13 the following new clause: 
‘‘14. No Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner may negotiate for future employment with any per-
son who has a direct interest in legislation referred to any 
committee during this or the preceding Congress while 
that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner serves 
on that committee.’’. 
SEC. 8. SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. 
Clause 1 of rule XV of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(d) Any bill or joint resolution that authorizes or 
appropriates more than $100,000,000 may not be consid-
ered under suspension. 
‘‘(e) The Speaker shall endeavor to the maximum ex-
tent possible to allow an equal number of bills and resolu-
tions sponsored by majority party members and minority 
party members under suspension during any session of 
Congress.’’. 
SEC. 9. VOTING TO CHANGE THE STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE 
DEBT. 
The Rules of the House of Representatives are 
amended by repealing rule XXVII. 
SEC. 10. PRIVILEGED REPORTS BY THE COMMITTEE ON 
RULES. 
Clause 6(c) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’ and by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(3) a rule or order unless at least one minority 
party member of the committee is allowed to offer 
an amendment to the rule or order.’’. 
SEC. 11. UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENTS. 
Clause 6 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by inserting at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(h) Following adoption of an order of business, the 
Speaker may not entertain a unanimous consent request 
that modifies such order of business unless the text of 
such modification has been available to Members, Dele-
gates, and the Resident Commissioner for at least 24 
hours.’’. 
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