[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 472 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 472

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3801) to improve the 
operations of the legislative branch of the Federal Government, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 1994

  Mrs. Fowler (for herself, Mr. Torkildsen, Ms. Dunn, and Mr. Dreier) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                                on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3801) to improve the 
operations of the legislative branch of the Federal Government, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Resolved, That on the fifth legislative day after the adoption of 
this resolution, immediately after the approval of the Journal, the 
House shall resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the 
state of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3801) to 
improve the operations of the legislative branch of the Federal 
Government, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall 
be dispensed with, and all points of order against the bill and against 
its consideration are waived. After general debate which shall be 
confined to the bill and the amendments made in order by this 
resolution, and which shall not exceed three hours: one hour to be 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Rules; thirty minutes to be equally divided 
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Government Operations; thirty minutes to be equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on House Administration; and one hour to be equally 
divided and controlled by Representative Hamilton of Indiana and 
Representative Dreier of California, the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. No amendment to the bill shall be 
in order except amendments which have been printed in the portion of 
the Congressional Record designated for that purpose not later than the 
second legislative day after the adoption of this resolution. It shall 
not be in order to consider an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
unless offered at the end of the amendment process.
    Sec. 2. (a) It shall first be in order to consider not more than 
two amendments in each of the subject areas listed in subsection (b), 
one in each subject area to be offered by Representative Dreier, or a 
designee, and one in each subject area to be offered by Representative 
Hamilton, or a designee.
    (b) The subject areas for amendments to be offered under this 
section are--
            (1) House committee jurisdictional realignment;
            (2) term limits for committee chairmen and ranking minority 
        members;
            (3) open committee meeting requirements;
            (4) committee attendance and quorum requirements;
            (5) proxy voting;
            (6) budget process reforms providing for a zero-based 
        budget and a deficit reduction lockbox;
            (7) legislative branch personnel; and
            (8) a pplication of Federal laws to Congress.
    (c) The amendments to be considered under this section shall be 
offered in the order of the Member specified in subsection (a) and in 
the order of subject area specified in subsection (b), shall not be 
subject to amendment but shall be debatable for not to exceed thirty 
minutes each to be equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 
an opponent, all points of order against said amendments are waived, 
and it shall not be in order to demand a division of the question on 
any such amendment in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
    (d) Any amendment adopted under this section shall be considered as 
having been adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole and 
shall be considered as base text for the purposes of further amendment 
under the five-minute rule: Provided, That if both amendments are 
adopted in the same subject area, and Representative Hamilton or his 
designee has designated the second amendment as an alternative to the 
first amendment at the time the second amendment is offered, then the 
amendment adopted receiving the most favorable votes shall be 
considered as the only amendment having been adopted in the House and 
in the Committee of the Whole and as base text for the purpose of 
further amendment under the five-minute rule.
    Sec. 3. Following the disposition of amendments offered under 
section 2, the bill shall be considered for further amendment under the 
five-minute rule by title, instead of by section, and each title shall 
be considered as read.
    Sec. 4. If on any day the Committee of the Whole rises and reports 
that it has come to no resolution on the bill, then on the next 
legislative day the House shall, immediately after the approval of the 
Journal, resolve into the Committee of the Whole for further 
consideration of the bill.
    Sec. 5. At the conclusion of the 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, and a separate vote may 
be demanded by any Member on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 
the Whole to the bill or to an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
any amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion 
except one motion to recommit, with or without instructions.
    Sec. 6. After passage of H.R. 3801, it shall be in order, as a 
matter of the highest privilege, to consider in the House the first 
such comparable bill of the Senate received by the House, any rule of 
the House to the contrary notwithstanding. All points of order against 
the Senate bill and against its consideration are waived. 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. 3801 as 
passed by the House. All points of order against that motion are 
waived. If the motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as amended, is 
passed, it shall be in order to move that the House insist on its 
amendments to the Senate bill and request a conference with the Senate 
thereon.
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