[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 132 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 132

   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for 
    disclosure of the source of amendments, measures, and committee 
                                reports.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 1995

  Mr. Miller of California (for himself, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
 Lipinski, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Poshard, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Vento, and Mr. 
  Clay) 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 provide for 
    disclosure of the source of amendments, measures, and committee 
                                reports.

    Resolved, That (a) clause 2(l)(3) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by striking ``and'' before ``(D)'' 
and by adding before the period at the end the following: ``(E) a 
disclosure of whether any part of the report or measure is written, in 
whole or in part, by any individual other than a Member or employee of 
the United States and the name of each such individual''.
    (b) Clause 1 of rule XVI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``Any Member offering an amendment in the House, in the 
Committee of the Whole, or in any committee shall, on the demand of any 
Member, identify the author of all or any part of that amendment unless 
it was written by any Member or employee of the United States, in which 
case the offeror shall so state.''.
    (c) Clause 2(l)(2)(A) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by inserting before the period the 
following: ``and the chair discloses, prior to entertaining a motion to 
order the measure reported, the author of such measure if it was 
written in whole or in part by any individual other than a Member or 
employee of the United States''.
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