[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 196 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 196

  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to eliminate the 
discretion of the Speaker to name another Member to perform the duties 
of the Chair without the approval of two-thirds of the Members, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 1995

 Mr. McHale 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 eliminate the 
discretion of the Speaker to name another Member to perform the duties 
of the Chair without the approval of two-thirds of the Members, and for 
                            other purposes.
    Resolved, That (a) clause 7 of rule I of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by--
            (1) striking ``He shall have the right to'' and inserting 
        the following: ``With the approval of two-thirds of the House, 
        he may''; and
            (2) in the proviso by inserting ``two-thirds of'' before 
        ``the House'' the first place it appears.
    (b) Clause 1(a) of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by striking ``In all cases, in forming a 
Committee of the Whole House, the Speaker shall leave his chair after 
appointing a Member as Chairman to preside'' and inserting the 
following: ``With the approval of two-thirds of the House, the Speaker 
may leave his chair and appoint a Member as Chairman to preside''.
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