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Fourteenth Congress shall begin at noon on Monday, Jan-
uary 4, 2016. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 15, 
2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 424
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Members of Con-
gress should have the opportunity to offer an amendment striking an
employer mandate in any legislation to reform our health care system.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 11, 1994
Mr. TAUZIN (for himself and Mr. HASTERT) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
Members of Congress should have the opportunity to
offer an amendment striking an employer mandate in
any legislation to reform our health care system.
Whereas small businesses are the engine of job creation in
our economy—generating some 95 percent of all new
jobs;
Whereas jobs should not be pitted against health care reform;
Whereas an employer mandate is a tax on jobs that must be
paid regardless of a firm’s financial health;
Whereas extensive, complex, and costly reporting and record-
keeping would be required under an employer mandate;
Whereas independent studies show that employer mandates
would result in the loss of between 850,000 and 3.8 mil-
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lion American jobs, causing millions of Americans to be
laid off or left without work;
Whereas another 23 million American workers would see re-
ductions in their wages, benefits, and/or hours worked, as
a result of employer mandates, according to independent
studies;
Whereas small businesses and their employers are among
those impacted most severely by the shortcomings of our
health insurance system;
Whereas the shortcomings in our health care system can be
fixed without the additional burden of an employer man-
date;
Whereas access to affordable health care insurance for all
Americans can be achieved without an employer mandate;
Whereas a reasonable, affordable, comprehensive health care
reform bill could be enacted this year without an em-
ployer mandate; and
Whereas the insistance on requiring an employer mandate
impedes a reasonable, affordable, comprehensive health
care reform bill from being enacted this year: Now, there-
fore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that Members of Congress should have the op-
portunity to offer, debate, and vote on an amendment
striking any employer mandate in any legislation to reform
our health care system.
Æ
IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 425
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit voting
by proxy in committees and subcommittees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1994
Mr. GOODLATTE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to
prohibit voting by proxy in committees and subcommittees.
Resolved, That clause 2(f) of rule XI of the Rules of
the House of Representatives is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(f) No vote by any member of any committee or sub-
committee with respect to any measure or matter may be
cast by proxy.’’.
Æ
IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 426
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to allow Members
to require rollcall votes to strike specific line items contained in appro-
priation bills.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1994
Mr. GOODLATTE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to
allow Members to require rollcall votes to strike specific
line items contained in appropriation bills.
Resolved, That rule XXI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by inserting at the end the
following new clause:
‘‘8. Any Member may demand a rollcall vote to strike
any line item in any measure making or continuing appro-
priations if supported by 49 other Members. If that vote
does not occur, then it shall be in order for that Member
to make a point of order against further consideration of
that measure by the House.’’.
IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 427
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a rollcall
vote on passage of any measure making appropriations or providing revenue.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1994
Mr. GOODLATTE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to
require a rollcall vote on passage of any measure making
appropriations or providing revenue.
Resolved, That rule XV of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by inserting at the end
thereof the following new clause:
‘‘7. The House shall not pass or adopt, as the case
may be, any bill or joint resolution, or conference report
thereon, making appropriations or providing revenue ex-
cept by a rollcall vote, and the yeas and nays shall be con-
sidered as ordered.’’.
Æ
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3907
AN ACT
To facilitate the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in
the State of Utah at the Snowbasin Ski Area, to
provide for the acquisition of lands within the
Sterling Forest Reserve, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 428
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
May 19, 1994.
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. 2108) to make improvements in the Black
Lung Benefits Act. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. Points of order against consideration of the bill
for failure to comply with section 401(b)(1) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General debate shall
be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Education and Labor. After
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment
under the five-minute rule for a period not to exceed three
hours (excluding time consumed by recorded votes and pro-
ceedings incidental thereto). It shall be in order to consider
as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the
five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute
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consisting of the text of H.R. 4415. The amendment in the
nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. At the con-
clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Com-
mittee 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 or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit
with or without instructions.
Attest:
Clerk.
IV
House Calendar No. 158
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 428
[Report No. 103–508]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2108) to make improvements
in the Black Lung Benefits Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 17, 1994
Ms. SLAUGHTER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2108) to make
improvements in the Black Lung Benefits Act.
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. 2108) to make improvements in
the Black Lung Benefits Act. The first reading of the bill
shall be dispensed with. Points of order against consider-
ation of the bill for failure to comply with section
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401(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are
waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and
shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Education and Labor. After general debate
the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-
minute rule for a period not to exceed three hours (exclud-
ing time consumed by recorded votes and proceedings inci-
dental thereto). It shall be in order to consider as an origi-
nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-
minute rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of H.R. 4415. The amendment in
the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 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 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.
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3910
AN ACT
To provide emergency drought relief to the city of
Corpus Christi, Texas, and the Canadian River
Municipal Water Authority, Texas, and for other
purposes.
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equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Armed Services.
(d) After disposition of or postponement of further pro-
ceedings on the amendments printed in part 4 of the report,
it shall be in order to consider the amendment printed in part
5 of the report (relating to the Seawolf submarine).
(e) After disposition of or postponement of further pro-
ceedings on the amendment printed in part 5 of the report,
it shall be in order to consider any amendment printed in
part 1 of the report not previously considered.
SEC. 4. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman
of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to offer
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in
part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying
this resolution or germane modifications of any such amend-
ment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section
shall be considered as read (except that modifications shall be
reported), shall be debatable for twenty minutes equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Armed Services, shall not 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. For the purpose of inclusion in such amend-
ments en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of a motion
to strike may be modified to the form of a germane perfect-
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ing amendment to the text originally proposed to be stricken.
All points of order against such amendments en bloc are
waived. The original proponent of an amendment included in
such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Con-
gressional Record immediately before the disposition of the
amendments en bloc.
SEC. 5. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole
may postpone until a time during further consideration in the
Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any
amendment made in order by this resolution. 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, provided that
the time for voting by electronic device on the first in any
series of questions shall be not less than fifteen minutes. The
chairman of the Committee of the Whole may recognize for
consideration any amendment made in order by this resolu-
tion out of the order printed, but not sooner than one hour
after the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services or
a designee announces from the floor a request to that effect.
SEC. 6. After disposition of or continued postponement
of further proceedings on each of the amendments printed in
the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this res-
olution and any amendments offered pursuant to section 4 of
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this resolution, the Committee of the Whole shall rise without
motion. No further consideration of the bill shall be in order
except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House.
Attest:
Clerk.
IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 430
Congratulating the people of India on the occasion of the 47th anniversary
of their nation’s independence.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 1994
Mr. STEARNS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
RESOLUTION
Congratulating the people of India on the occasion of the
47th anniversary of their nation’s independence.
Whereas, on August 15, 1947, the people of India were
granted their independence from the British Empire;
Whereas the people of India have maintained a free and
democratic nation for 47 years;
Whereas the Republic of India is the largest democracy in the
world;
Whereas the people of the United States seek to maintain
friendly ties with the democratic nations of the world;
and
Whereas the recent decline in world tensions offers new op-
portunities for international cooperation at every level:
Now, therefore, be it
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) congratulates the people of India on the oc-
casion of the 47th anniversary of India’s independ-
ence from the British Empire, which will be cele-
brated on August 15, 1994; and
(2) looks forward to the continuance of friendly
relations between the people of the United States
and the people of India.
Æ
House Calendar No. 164
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 431
[Report No. 103–520]
RESOLUTION
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R.
4301) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
1995 for military activities of the Department of
Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths
for fiscal year 1995, and for other purposes.
MAY 20, 1994
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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against women, make it more difficult for women
and children to escape domestic violence, or would
unfairly penalize women and children victimized by
or at risk of violence;
(2) any welfare legislation enacted by the Con-
gress should require that any welfare-to-work, edu-
cation, or job placement program implemented by
the States should take domestic violence into ac-
count, by providing, among other things, mecha-
nisms for—
(A) screening and identifying recipients
with a history of domestic violence;
(B) referring such recipients to counseling
and supportive services;
(C) tolling time limits for recipients victim-
ized by domestic violence; and
(D) waiving, pursuant to a determination
of good cause, other program requirements such
as residency requirements, child support co-
operation requirements, and family cap provi-
sions, in cases where compliance with such re-
quirements would make it more difficult for the
recipients to escape domestic violence or un-
fairly penalize recipients victimized by or at risk
of further violence;
IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 432
Requiring the House of Representatives to take any legislative action nec-
essary to verify the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment as
a part of the Constitution, when the legislatures of an additional 3
States ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 23, 1994
Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey (for himself, Mrs. BYRNE, Mr. ANDREWS of
Maine, Ms. SCHENK, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. DEUTSCH, and Mr.
HOCHBRUECKNER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION
Requiring the House of Representatives to take any legisla-
tive action necessary to verify the ratification of the
Equal Rights Amendment as a part of the Constitution,
when the legislatures of an additional 3 States ratify
the Equal Rights Amendment.
Resolved, That, when the legislatures of an additional
3 States ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the House
of Representatives shall take any legislative action nec-
essary to verify the ratification of the Equal Rights
Amendment as a part of the Constitution.
Æ
H. Res. 433
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
May 24, 1994.
Resolved, That during consideration of the bill (H.R.
4453) making appropriations for military construction for the
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1995, and for other purposes, all points of order against
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 or
6 of rule XXI are waived.
Attest:
Clerk.
House Calendar No. 165
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 433
[Report No. 103–523]
RESOLUTION
Waiving certain points of order against the bill
(H.R. 4453) making appropriations for military
construction for the Department of Defense for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and
for other purposes.
MAY 23, 1994
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
IV
House Calendar No. 165
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 433
[Report No. 103–523]
Waiving certain points of order against the bill (H.R. 4453) making appro-
priations for military construction for the Department of Defense for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 23, 1994
Mr. HALL of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
RESOLUTION
Waiving certain points of order against the bill (H.R. 4453)
making appropriations for military construction for the
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
Resolved, That during consideration of the bill (H.R.
4453) making appropriations for military construction for
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1995, and for other purposes, all points of
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order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply
with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are waived.
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specified by the principals, any amendment not so
designated shall be considered;
(5) shall provide that the Chairman of the
Committee of the Whole House will recognize any
member to offer any amendment meeting the re-
quirements of this section which were not designated
by the principals in the resolution, to be debated for
up to ten minutes, equally divided by the proponent
and an opponent.
(e) The resolution should set forth that amendments
offered by members designated by Representative Andrews
of New Jersey, Representative Zeliff of New Hampshire,
Representative Deal of Georgia and Representative
Hoekstra of Michigan shall be considered in sequential ro-
tation.
(f) As used in this section, the term ‘‘principals’’
means the four original sponsors of the resolution intro-
duced pursuant to section 2.
SEC. 4. If on any day the Committee rises and re-
ports that it has come to no resolution on the bill, the
House shall, on the next legislative day immediately fol-
lowing House approval of the Journal, resolve itself into
the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union
for the further consideration of the bill.
IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 434
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any law enacted
pertaining to the reform of our Nation’s health care system should
apply to Members of Congress and all Federal employees enrolled in
the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), including
any individual who is appointed or elected to a position in the executive,
legislative, or judicial branch of the United States Government.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 23, 1994
Mr. PORTMAN submitted the following resolution; which was referred jointly
to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Post
Office and Civil Service
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
any law enacted pertaining to the reform of our Nation’s
health care system should apply to Members of Congress
and all Federal employees enrolled in the Federal Em-
ployees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), including
any individual who is appointed or elected to a position
in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the
United States Government.
Whereas Members of Congress and all Federal employees, so
long as each is enrolled in the Federal Employees Health
Benefits Program (FEHBP), should not be treated any
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differently than any other United States citizen with re-
spect to health care: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that any law enacted pertaining to the reform
of our Nation’s health care system should apply to Mem-
bers of Congress and all Federal employees enrolled in the
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP),
including any individual who is appointed or elected to a
position in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of
the United States Government.
Æ
IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 435
Directing the Committee on House Administration to make public all tran-
scripts of proceedings and documents related to the investigation of
the House Administration Committee Task Force to Investigate the
Operation and Management of the House Post Office.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 24, 1994
Mr. KLUG (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, and Mr. ROBERTS) submitted the
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Directing the Committee on House Administration to make
public all transcripts of proceedings and documents relat-
ed to the investigation of the House Administration Com-
mittee Task Force to Investigate the Operation and Man-
agement of the House Post Office.
Whereas the Committee on House Administration ordered re-
ported on July 22, 1992, the findings of the Committee
Task Force to Investigate the Operation and Manage-
ment of the House Post Office;
Whereas the House has voted three times to not make public
all Task Force transcripts and documents regarding the
internal Committee on House Administration investiga-
tion in light of the then-ongoing investigative activities by
the Department of Justice;
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Whereas the Department of Justice has now completed the
investigatory phase of its House Post Office investiga-
tion; and
Whereas matters have been raised which impugn the integrity
of the proceedings of the House of Representatives: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Committee on House Administra-
tion is directed to make public all transcripts of proceed-
ings and documents related to the investigation of the
House Administration Committee Task Force to Inves-
tigate the Operation and Management of the House Post
Office leading to its final report.
Æ
IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 438
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a two-
thirds vote to adopt a rule disallowing germane amendments to a bill
or resolution.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 24, 1994
Mr. PORTMAN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on the Rules
RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to
require a two-thirds vote to adopt a rule disallowing
germane amendments to a bill or resolution.
Resolved, That clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules of
the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(e) The affirmative vote of two-thirds of those vot-
ing, a quorum being present, is required to adopt any rule
or order reported by the Committee on Rules providing
for the consideration of any bill or resolution that limits
the right of Members to offer germane amendments, if