[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 26 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 26

To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit putting 
   the question on final passage of any measure until copies of that 
      measure have been available to Members for at least one day.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mr. Zeliff submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit putting 
   the question on final passage of any measure until copies of that 
      measure have been available to Members for at least one day.

    Resolved, That rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
    ``10. (a) Except as provided by paragraph (b), it shall not be in 
order to put the question upon final passage of any bill or resolution 
until printed copies of that bill or resolution have been available for 
all Members for at least one calendar day (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, and legal holidays).
    ``(b) Paragraph (a) may be suspended upon the joint request of the 
Speaker and minority leader based upon a determination of national 
emergency and an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members voting, 
a quorum being present, to suspend that paragraph for a particular bill 
or resolution.''.

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