[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 154 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
H. RES. 154

To amend clause 2(a) of House Rule XXVIII to extend the length of time 
  required before considering the report of a committee of conference.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 1995

Mr. Lipinski submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To amend clause 2(a) of House Rule XXVIII to extend the length of time 
  required before considering the report of a committee of conference.
    Resolved, That, in rule XXVIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, clause 2(a) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2). (a)(1) It shall not be in order to consider the report of a 
committee of conference until the tenth calendar day (excluding any 
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday) after such report and the 
accompanying statement shall have been filed in the House. In the event 
that the ten day period is waived, it shall not be in order to consider 
the report of a committee of conference until the third day (excluding 
any Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday) after such report and the 
accompanying statement shall have been filed in the House. The three 
day period may be waived in accordance with a report of the Committee 
on Rules making in order the consideration of a specified conference 
report if the report of the Committee is adopted by a vote of two-
thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present. Consideration of 
a conference report shall be in order only if such report and 
accompanying statement shall have been printed in the daily edition of 
the Congressional Record for the day on which such report and statement 
shall have been filed. During the last six days of a session, if the 
question of consideration is raised against a conference report that 
does not meet the preceding requirements, the conference report may be 
considered only if the question of consideration is adopted by a vote 
of two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present.
    ``(2) It shall not be in order to consider any conference report 
unless copies of the report and accompanying statement have been 
available to Members for at least two hours before the beginning of 
such consideration: Provided, however, That it shall always be in order 
to call up for consideration, notwithstanding the provisions of clause 
4(b) of rule XI, a report from the Committee on Rules only making in 
order the consideration of a conference report notwithstanding this 
restriction.
    ``(3) The time allotted for debate in the consideration of any such 
report shall be equally divided between the majority party and the 
minority party, except that if the floor manager for the majority party 
and the minority party are both supporters of the conference report, 
one-third of such debate time shall be allotted to a Member who is 
opposed to said conference report.''.
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