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[H. Res. 119 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                  House Calendar No. 35
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 119

                          [Report No. 104-85]

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to restore the 
  American family, reduce illegitimacy, control welfare spending, and 
                       reduce welfare dependence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 1995

   Mr. Solomon, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to restore the 
  American family, reduce illegitimacy, control welfare spending, and 
                       reduce welfare dependence.

    Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution 
the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule XXIII, declare the 
House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
the Union for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to restore the 
American family, reduce illegitimacy, control welfare spending, and 
reduce welfare dependence. No further general debate shall be in order. 
An amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of 
H.R. 1214 shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the 
Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as 
the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five-
minute rule. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. No 
further amendment shall be in order except the amendments printed in 
the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, 
amendments en bloc described in section 2 of this resolution, and the 
amendments designated in section 3 of this resolution. Except as 
specified in section 2, 3, or 4 of this resolution, each amendment made 
in order by this resolution may be considered only in the order printed 
in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the 
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for twenty 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, shall not be subject to amendment (except that the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means, or 
their designees, each may offer one pro forma amendment to any 
amendment printed in the report for the purpose of debate), and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or 
in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against amendments 
made in order by this resolution are waived.
    Sec. 2. It shall be in order at any time before the consideration 
of the amendments designated in section 3 of this resolution for the 
chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means or his designee to offer 
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in the report of 
the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier 
disposed of or germane modifications of any such amendment. Amendments 
en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered as read 
(except that modifications shall be reported) and shall be debatable 
for twenty minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means or their 
designees. For the purpose of inclusion in such amendments en bloc, an 
amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may be modified to 
the form of a germane perfecting amendment to the text originally 
proposed to be stricken. The original proponent of an amendment 
included in such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the 
Congressional Record immediately before the discussion of the 
amendments en bloc.
    Sec. 3. (a) After disposition of the amendments printed in the 
report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and any 
amendments en bloc offered pursuant to section 2 of this resolution, it 
shall be in order to consider the following amendments in the following 
order--
            (1) a further amendment in the nature of a substitute 
        consisting of the text of H.R. 1267, if offered by 
        Representative Deal of Georgia or his designee;
            (2) a further amendment in the nature of a substitute 
        consisting of the text of H.R. 1250, if offered by 
        Representative Mink of Hawaii or her designee; and
            (3) a further amendment in the nature of a substitute 
        consisting of the text of the bill, as it had been perfected 
        before the consideration of amendments pursuant to this 
        section, if offered by the chairman of the Committee on Ways 
        and Means or his designee.
    (b) Each of the amendments designated in subsection (a) of this 
section shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled 
by the proponent and an opponent.
    (c) The amendment designated in subparagraph (a)(3) of this section 
shall be subject to amendment by any amendment printed in the report of 
the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution that was not 
earlier disposed of as an amendment to the bill, as amended pursuant to 
this resolution, before the consideration of amendments pursuant to 
this section. Amendments to the amendment designated in subparagraph 
(a)(3) of this section shall be considered under the same terms as if 
offered to the bill, as amended by this resolution, and shall be 
subject to the last sentence of section 4 of this resolution.
    (d) If more than one of the amendments designated in subsection (a) 
of this section is adopted, then only the one receiving the greater 
number of affirmative votes shall be considered as finally adopted. In 
the case of a tie for the greater number of affirmative votes, then 
only the last amendment to receive that number of affirmative votes 
shall be considered as finally adopted.
    Sec. 4. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone 
until a time during further consideration in the Committee of the Whole 
a request for a recorded vote on any amendment made in order by this 
resolution. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may reduce to 
not less than five minutes the time for voting by electronic device on 
any postponed question that immediately follows another vote by 
electronic device without intervening business, provided that the time 
for voting by electronic device on the first in any series of questions 
shall be not less than fifteen minutes. The Chairman of the Committee 
of the Whole may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed 
in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution 
out of the order printed, but not sooner than one hour after the 
chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means or a designee announces 
from the floor a request to that effect.
    Sec. 5. At the conclusion of the bill for amendment the Committee 
shall rise and report the bill, as amended pursuant to this resolution, 
to the House with such further amendments as may have been finally 
adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on any 
amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole either to the bill, as 
amended pursuant to this resolution, or as incorporated in a further 
amendment in the nature of a substitute designated in section 3(a)(3) 
of this resolution, unless replaced by a further amendment in the 
nature of a substitute designated in section 3(a)(1) or 3(a)(2) of this 
resolution. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
bill and any amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 
motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
                                     





                                                  House Calendar No. 35

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 119

                          [Report No. 104-85]

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to restore the 
  American family, reduce illegitimacy, control welfare spending, and 
                       reduce welfare dependence.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 21, 1995

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed