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House Calendar No. 7
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 58
[H. Report No. 103–10]
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to grant family and
temporary medical leave under certain circumstances.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 2, 1993
Mr. GORDON, 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. 1) to grant
family and temporary medical leave under certain cir-
cumstances.
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. 1) to grant family and temporary
medical leave under certain circumstances. The first read-
ing of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order
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against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with
clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI are waived. General debate shall
be confined to the bill and shall not exceed three hours
and twenty minutes, with ninety minutes equally divided
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Education and Labor, ninety
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service, and twenty minutes equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on House Administration.
After general debate the bill shall be considered for
amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order
to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amend-
ment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute printed in part 1 of the report of the
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, modi-
fied by the amendment printed in section 2 of this resolu-
tion. The amendment in the nature of a substitute, as
modified, shall be considered as read. No amendment to
the amendment in the nature of a substitute, as modified,
shall be in order except those printed in the report of the
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each
amendment may be offered only in the order printed, may
be offered only by the named proponent or a designee,
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shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time
specified in the report equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi-
sion of the question in the House or in the Committee
of the Whole. 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 Commit-
tee 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 in-
tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or
without instructions.
SEC. 2. At the end of section 101 add the following:
‘‘(14) SPOUSE.—The term spouse means a husband
or wife under the law of any State.’’.