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House Calendar No. 10
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 55
[Report No. 104–15]
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2) to give the President
item veto authority over appropriation Acts and targeted tax benefits
in revenue Acts.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 1, 1995
Mr. GOSS, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2) to give
the President item veto authority over appropriation Acts
and targeted tax benefits in revenue Acts.
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-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2) to give the President item veto
authority over appropriation Acts and targeted tax bene-
fits in revenue Acts. The first reading of the bill shall be
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dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the
bill and shall not exceed two hours, with one hour equally
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Government Reform
and Oversight and one hour equally divided and controlled
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Rules. After general debate the bill shall
be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
In lieu of the amendments recommended by the Commit-
tee on Government Reform and Oversight and the Com-
mittee on Rules, it shall be in order to consider as an origi-
nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-
minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution. That amendment in the nature
of a substitute shall be considered as read. Points of order
against the amendment in the nature of a substitute for
failure to comply with clause 7 of rule XVI are waived.
During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chair-
man of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority
in recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering
an amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion
of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose
in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall
be considered as read. At the conclusion of consideration
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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 amendment adopted in the Com-
mittee 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. 10
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 55
[Report No. 104–15]
RESOLUTION
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2)
to give the President item veto authority over ap-
propriation Acts and targeted tax benefits in rev-
enue Acts.
FEBRUARY 1, 1995
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed