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House Calendar No. 192
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 380
[Report No. 104–480]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2703) to combat terrorism.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 12, 1996
Ms. PRYCE, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2703) to combat
terrorism.
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. 2703) to combat terrorism. The
first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. General
debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed
one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman
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and ranking minority member of the Committee on the
Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be considered
for amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be
considered as read. No amendment shall be in order except
those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac-
companying this resolution and amendments en bloc de-
scribed in section 2 of this resolution. Each amendment
printed in the report may be considered only in the order
printed, may be offered only by a Member designated in
the report, 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 except as specified in the report,
and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
All points of order against amendments printed in the re-
port are waived. The chairman of the Committee of the
Whole may postpone until a time during further consider-
ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re-
corded vote on any amendment. The chairman of the Com-
mittee of the Whole may reduce to not less than five min-
utes the time for voting by electronic device on any post-
poned question that immediately follows another vote by
electronic device without intervening business, provided
that the time for voting by electronic device on the first
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in any series of questions shall be not less than fifteen
minutes. 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. 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.
SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chair-
man of the Committee on the Judiciary or a designee to
offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print-
ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying
this resolution that were not earlier disposed of or ger-
mane modifications of any such amendments. Amend-
ments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be con-
sidered as read (except that modifications shall be re-
ported), shall be debatable for twenty minutes equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their
designees, 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 amendments en bloc, an
amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may
be modified to the form of a germane perfecting amend-
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ment 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 Congressional Record immediately before the disposi-
tion of the amendments en bloc.
SEC. 3. After passage of H.R. 2703, it shall be in
order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill (S. 735)
to prevent and punish acts of terrorism, and for other pur-
poses, and to consider the Senate bill in the House. It
shall be in order to move to strike all after the enacting
clause of the Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof the
provisions of H.R. 2703 as passed by the House. If the
motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as amended, is
passed, then it shall be in order to move that the House
insist on its amendments to S. 735 and request a con-
ference with the Senate thereon.
House Calendar No. 192
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 380
[Report No. 104–480]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2703)
to combat terrorism.
MARCH 12, 1996
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed