[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 207 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                            August 3 (legislative day, August 2), 1995.
    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 consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 1555) to promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure 
lower prices and higher quality services for American telecommunications 
consumers and encourage the rapid deployment of new telecommunications 
technologies. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of 
order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with section 
302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General debate shall 
be confined to the bill and shall not exceed ninety minutes equally divided 
among and controlled by the chairmen and ranking minority members of the 
Committee on Commerce and the Committee on the Judiciary. After general debate 
the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall 
be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under 
the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 
the Committee on Commerce now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. Points of order against 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute for failure to comply with 
clause 5(a) of rule XXI and section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 are waived. Before consideration of any other amendment it shall be in 
order to consider the amendment printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution. That amendment may be offered only by a 
Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable 
for thirty minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a 
demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 
Whole. If that amendment is adopted, the provisions of the bill, as amended, 
shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment 
under the five-minute rule. No further amendment shall be in order except those 
printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each amendment 
printed in part 2 of the report 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 the time specified in the report 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be 
subject to amendment except as specified in the report, 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 printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules are waived. 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. 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. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 
for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 
such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote 
in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 
or to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to 
final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.
    Sec. 2. After passage of H.R. 1555, it shall be in order to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill S. 652 and to consider the Senate bill in the House. 
All points of order against the Senate bill and against its consideration are 
waived. It shall be in order to move to strike all after the enacting clause of 
the Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 1555 as 
passed by the House. All points of order against that motion are waived. If the 
motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as amended, is passed, then it shall be 
in order to move that the House insist on its amendments to S. 652 and request a 
conference with the Senate thereon.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.