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paigns for elections for Federal office, and for other pur-
poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with
and all points of order against consideration of the bill
are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill
and to the amendments made in order by this resolution
and shall not exceed two hours equally divided and con-
trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of
the Committee on House Administration. After general de-
bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the
five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered as read.
SEC. 2. Before consideration of any other amendment
it shall be in order to consider the following amendments
in the nature of a substitute if printed in the Congres-
sional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of
rule XVIII:
(a) An amendment in the nature of a substitute
if offered by Representative Gephardt of Missouri,
or his designee.
(b) An amendment in the nature of a substitute
if offered by Representative Armey of Texas, or his
designee.
(c) An amendment in the nature of a substitute
if offered by Representative Farr of California, or
his designee.
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(d) An amendment in the nature of a substitute
if offered by Representative Shays of Connecticut, or
his designee.
Each such amendment in the nature of a substitute may
be offered only in the order specified, may be offered only
by the named proponent or a designee, shall be considered
as read, shall be debatable for one hour equally divided
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and
shall not be subject to amendment except as specified in
section 3. During consideration of the bill in the Com-
mittee of the Whole, all points of order against each
amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived except
those arising under clause 7 of rule XVI. If more than
one amendment in the nature of a substitute is adopted,
then only the one receiving the greater number of affirma-
tive votes shall be considered as finally adopted. In the
case of a tie for the greater number of affirmative votes,
then only the last amendment to receive that number of
affirmative votes shall be considered as finally adopted.
SEC. 3. (a) After disposition of the amendments in
the nature of a substitute described in section 2, the provi-
sions of the bill, or the provisions of the bill as perfected
by an amendment in the nature of a substitute finally
adopted, shall be considered as an original bill for the pur-
pose of further amendment under the five-minute rule for
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a period of not to exceed 10 hours (excluding time con-
sumed by recorded votes and proceedings incidental there-
to) and shall be considered as read. Subject to subsection
(b) no other amendment to the bill shall be in order except
amendments printed in the portion of the Congressional
Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule
XVIII. Each amendment so printed may be offered only
by the Member who caused the amendment to be printed
or a designee, and shall be considered as read.
(b) It shall not be in order to consider an amendment
carrying a tax or tariff measure. Consideration of each
amendment, and amendments thereto, described in sub-
section (a) shall not exceed one hour. All points of order
against each amendment are waived except those arising
under clause 7 of rule XVI.
SEC. 4. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole
may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider-
ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re-
corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five
minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any
postponed question that follows another electronic vote
without intervening business, provided that the minimum
time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
tions shall be 15 minutes.
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SEC. 5. If on any day the Committee of the Whole
rises and reports that it has come to no resolution on the
bill, then on the next legislative day the House shall, im-
mediately after the third daily order of business under
clause 1 of rule XIV, resolve into the Committee of the
Whole for further consideration of the bill.
SEC. 6. 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. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the
House on any amendment to the bill reported from the
Committee of the Whole or to an amendment in the nature
of a substitute finally adopted and reported to the House.
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.
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