[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 381 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 381

 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a three-
fifths majority vote to pass any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
                  conference report raising revenues.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 1994

Mr. Hefley (for himself, Mr. Bachus of Alabama, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burton 
 of Indiana, Mr. Canady, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. 
     Gingrich, Mr. Hansen, Ms. Dunn, Mr. King, Mr. Lightfoot, Mr. 
Livingston, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Myers of Indiana, Mr. Portman, Mr. Ramstad, 
Mr. Stump, Mr. Sundquist, Mr. Torkildsen, and Mr. Linder) 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 three-
fifths majority vote to pass any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
                  conference report raising revenues.

    Resolved, That rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
    ``8. Any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report 
that raises revenues may be approved in the House only by an 
affirmative vote of at least three-fifths of the Members voting, a 
quorum being present.''.

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