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House Calendar No. 53
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 155
[Report No. 104–129]
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1561) to consolidate the
foreign affairs agencies of the United States; to authorize appropriations
for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1996
and 1997; to responsibly reduce the authorizations of appropriations
for United States foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 1996
and 1997, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 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. 1561) to
consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United
States; to authorize appropriations for the Department
of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1996 and
1997; to responsibly reduce the authorizations of appro-
priations for United States foreign assistance programs
for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other purposes.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of
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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. 1561) to consolidate the foreign
affairs agencies of the United States; to authorize appro-
priations for the Department of State and related agencies
for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; to responsibly reduce the
authorizations of appropriations for United States foreign
assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and
for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be
dispensed with. Points of order against consideration of
the bill for failure to comply with clause 2(l)(6) of rule
XI or section 302(f), 303(a), 308(a), or 402(a) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General debate
shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed two hours
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on International
Relations. After general debate the bill shall be considered
for amendment under the five-minute rule for an initial
period of ten hours. After such initial period, amendments
shall be debatable only as provided in clause 6 of rule
XXIII or in section 2 of this resolution. Consideration for
amendment may not continue beyond 2:30 p.m. on Thurs-
day, May 25, 1995. 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 sub-
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stitute recommended by the Committee on International
Relations now printed in the bill modified by deleting sec-
tion 2210. The committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute as modified shall be considered as read. Points
of order against the committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute as modified for failure to comply with
clause 5(a) of rule XXI or section 302(f), 303(a), or
402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are
waived. Other than pro forma amendments for the pur-
pose of debate and amendments en bloc described in sec-
tion 2 of this resolution, no amendment to the committee
amendment in the nature of a substitute as modified shall
be in order unless printed in the portion of the Congres-
sional Record designated for that purpose in clause 6 of
rule XXIII. 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 adopted in the Committee of
the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute as modified. The previous ques-
tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amend-
ments thereto to final passage without intervening motion
except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions.
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SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chair-
man of the Committee on International Relations or a des-
ignee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amend-
ments printed in the portion of the Congressional Record
designated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII or
germane modifications of any such amendment. Amend-
ments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be con-
sidered as read (except that modifications shall be re-
ported), shall not be subject to amendment or to a division
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the
Whole and shall be debatable for ten minutes equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on International Relations
or their designees. 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 pro-
posed to be stricken. The original proponent of an amend-
ment included in such amendments en bloc may insert a
statement in the Congressional Record immediately before
the disposition of the amendments en bloc.
House Calendar No. 53
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 155
[Report No. 104–129]
RESOLUTION
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R.
1561) to consolidate the foreign affairs agencies
of the United States; to authorize appropriations
for the Department of State and related agencies
for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; to responsibly re-
duce the authorizations of appropriations for
United States foreign assistance programs for
fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other pur-
poses.
MAY 22, 1995
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed