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House Calendar No. 206
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 509
[Report No. 103–673]
Providing for consideration of a joint resolution and a bill relating to most-
favored-nation treatment for the People’s Republic of China.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 5, 1994
Mr. BONIOR, 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 a joint resolution and a bill
relating to most-favored-nation treatment for the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China.
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution
it shall be in order to consider in the House the joint reso-
lution (H. J. Res. 373) disapproving the extension of non-
discriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment)
to the products of the People’s Republic of China, and
for other purposes. All points of order against the joint
resolution and against its consideration are waived. The
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joint resolution shall be debatable for eighty minutes
equally divided and controlled by Representative Solomon
of New York and Representative Gibbons of Florida or
their designees. Pursuant to sections 152 and 153 of the
Trade Act of 1974, the previous question shall be consid-
ered as ordered on the joint resolution to final passage
without intervening motion. The provisions of sections 152
and 153 of the Trade Act of 1974 shall not apply to any
other joint resolution disapproving the extension of most-
favored-nation treatment to the People’s Republic of
China for the remainder of the One Hundred Third Con-
gress.
SEC. 2. After disposition of the joint resolution (H.
J. Res. 373), the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b)
of rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for
consideration of the bill (H.R. 4590) to provide conditions
for renewing nondiscriminatory (most-favored-nation)
treatment for the People’s Republic of China. The first
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of
order against the bill and against its consideration are
waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and
the amendments made in order by this resolution and shall
not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee
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on Ways and Means. After general debate the bill shall
be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule
and shall be considered as read. No amendment shall be
in order except those printed in the report of the Commit-
tee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each amend-
ment may be offered only by a Member designated in the
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for
the time specified in the report equally divided and con-
trolled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not
be subject to amendment. All points of order against the
amendments printed in the report are waived. If more
than one of the amendments printed in the report is
adopted, only the last to be adopted shall be considered
as finally adopted and reported to the House. At the con-
clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the
Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with
such amendment as may have been finally adopted. The
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the
bill and any amendment thereto to final passage without
intervening motion except one motion to recommit with
or without instructions.