[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 511 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 511

    Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a 
    rollcall vote on passage of any measure making appropriations, 
  providing revenue, or increasing the statutory limit on the public 
                 debt, and in certain other instances.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 8, 1994

Mr. Santorum 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 
    rollcall vote on passage of any measure making appropriations, 
  providing revenue, or increasing the statutory limit on the public 
                 debt, and in certain other instances.

    Resolved, That (a) this resolutuion may be cited as the 
``Taxpayers' Right to Know Resolution''.
    (b) Rule XV of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended 
by inserting at the end the following new clause:
    ``7. (a) It shall not be in order in the House or in the Committee 
of the Whole to pass or adopt, as the case may be, any bill or joint 
resolution, or conference report thereon, described in paragraph (c) 
except by rollcall vote, a quorum being present, and the yeas and nays 
shall be considered as ordered.
    ``(b) It shall not be in order in any committee to order reported 
any bill or joint resolution described in subparagraph (c) except by 
rollcall vote, approved by a majority of the members voting, a quorum 
being present.
    ``(c) Subparagraphs (a) and (b) apply to bills and joint 
resolutions that--
            ``(1) make or continue an appropriation;
            ``(2) increase the statutory limit on the public debt;
            ``(3) amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
        Control Act of 1974 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
        Deficit Control Act of 1985 or change the congressional budget 
        process;
            ``(4) provide revenue;
            ``(5) establish, extend, or raise any user fee; or
            ``(6) authorize the enactment of new budget authority.''.
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