[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 209 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 209

  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a two-
thirds vote to waive any rule of the House of Representatives, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 1993

Mr. Royce 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 require a two-
thirds vote to waive any rule of the House of Representatives, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Resolved, (a) That clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) It shall not be in order in the House to waive any point of 
order or to agree to any order or resolution reported from the 
Committee on Rules providing for the consideration of any bill or 
resolution that waives any point of order against that bill or 
resolution or against its consideration, unless the waiver or the 
resolution or order is approved by not less than two-thirds of the 
Members voting, a quorum being present.''.
    (b) The last sentence of clause 4(b) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by inserting before the period the 
following: ``; nor shall it report any rule or order which would waive 
paragraph (e)''.

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