H. Res. 384
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
March 19, 1996.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution 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 consideration of
the bill (H.R. 2202) to amend the Immigration and National-
ity Act to improve deterrence of illegal immigration to the
United States by increasing border patrol and investigative
personnel, by increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for
document fraud, by reforming exclusion and deportation law
and procedures, by improving the verification system for eligi-
bility for employment, and through other measures, to reform
the legal immigration system and facilitate legal entries into
the United States, 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 except those arising under
section 425(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed two hours to be equally divided and controlled by the
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chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on
the Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be consid-
ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be
in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of
amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the
Judiciary now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment
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 considered as read. No other amend-
ment shall be in order except the amendments printed in part
2 of the report of the Committee on Rules and amendments
en bloc described in section 2 of this resolution. Each amend-
ment printed in part 2 of the report may be considered only
in the order printed, may be offered only by a Member des-
ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be de-
batable for the time specified in the report equally divided
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not
be subject to amendment except as specified in the report,
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
points of order against amendments made in order by this
resolution are waived except those arising under section
425(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The chair-
man of the Committee of the Whole may postpone until a
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time during further consideration in the Committee of the
Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment. The
chairman of the Committee of the Whole may reduce to not
less than five minutes the time for voting by electronic device
on any postponed question that immediately follows another
vote by electronic device without intervening business, pro-
vided that the time for voting by electronic device on the first
in any series of questions shall be not less than fifteen min-
utes. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend-
ment 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 amendment 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.
SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman
of the Committee on the Judiciary or a designee to offer
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in the
report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolu-
tion that were not earlier disposed of or germane modifica-
tions of any such amendments. Amendments en bloc offered
pursuant to this section shall be considered as read (except
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that modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for
twenty minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee on the
Judiciary or their designees, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of
the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
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 originally proposed to be stricken. The original pro-
ponent of an amendment included in such amendments en
bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record im-
mediately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.
Attest:
Clerk.