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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 425
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3497) to amend the Social
Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and
strengthen the Social Security Program through the creation of personal
Social Security guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers
and their families, restoring long-term Social Security solvency, to make
certain benefit improvements, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 21, 2002
Mrs. THURMAN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3497) to
amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social
Security Program through the creation of personal Social
Security guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for
all workers and their families, restoring long-term Social
Security solvency, to make certain benefit improvements,
and for other purposes.
Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this
resolution the House shall resolve into the Committee of
the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 3497) to amend the Social Security
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Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve
and strengthen the Social Security program through the
creation of personal Social Security guarantee accounts
ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families,
restoring long-term Social Security solvency, to make cer-
tain benefit improvements, and for other purposes. The
first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points
of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen-
eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed two hours equally divided and controlled by the chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Ways and Means. After general debate the bill shall be
considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The
bill shall be considered as read. No amendment to the bill
shall be in order except:
(1) an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of H.R. 3535 if offered by
Representative Armey of Texas or a designee;
(2) an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of H.R. 4022 if offered by
Representative Matsui of California or a designee;
(3) an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of H.R. 4023 if offered by
Representative Matsui of California or a designee;
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(4) an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of H.R. 4024 if offered by
Representative Matsui of California or a designee;
(5) an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of H.R. 4780 if offered by
Representative Matsui of California, Representative
Gephardt of Missouri, or a designee.
SEC. 2. Consideration of each such amendment shall
begin with an additional period of general debate which
shall be confined to the subject of the amendment and
shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled
by the proponent and an opponent. Each such amendment
may be offered only in the order specified in the first sec-
tion of this resolution, may be offered only by the named
proponent or a designee, shall be considered as read, shall
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
each amendment are waived (except those arising under
clause 7 of rule XVI).
SEC. 3. If the Committee of the Whole rises and re-
ports that it has come to no resolution on the bill, then
on the next legislative day, immediately after the third
daily order of business under clause 1 of rule XIV, the
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House shall resolve into the Committee of the Whole for
further consideration of the bill.
SEC. 4. 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. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit
with or without instructions.
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