[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 143 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 143

   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to allow open 
 meetings and hearings to be closed for reasons of national security, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 1993

 Mr. Bacchus of Florida submitted the following resolution; which was 
                   referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to allow open 
 meetings and hearings to be closed for reasons of national security, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Resolved, That clause 2(g) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence by striking ``and with a majority 
        present'' any by inserting ``, approved by a majority of its 
        total membership,'' after ``rollcall vote'';
            (2) in the first sentence of subparagraph (1) by inserting 
        ``because disclosure of matters to be considered would endanger 
        the national security, place an undue burden on the privacy 
        rights of a private citizen, or jeopardize an ongoing criminal 
        investigation or compromise a confidential source of any 
        criminal investigation'' before the proviso; and
            (3) in the first sentence of paragraph (2) by striking ``or 
        would violate any law or rule of the House of Representatives'' 
        and by inserting ``, place an undue burden on the privacy 
        rights of a private citizen, jeopardize an ongoing legal 
        investigation or compromise a confidential source of any legal 
        investigation, or violate paragraph (k)(5) of this clause''.

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