[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 227 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  House Calendar No. 94
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 227

                          [Report No. 104-257]

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1170) to provide that 
  cases challenging the constitutionality of measures passed by State 
                referendum be heard by a 3-judge court.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 1995

    Mr. Dreier, 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 the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1170) to provide that 
  cases challenging the constitutionality of measures passed by State 
                referendum be heard by a 3-judge court.

    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. 1170) to provide that 
cases challenging the constitutionality of measures passed by State 
referendum be heard by a 3-judge court. The first reading of the bill 
shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the bill 
and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of 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 
the Judiciary now printed in the bill. Each section of the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 
During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis 
of whether the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be printed 
in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose 
in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as 
read. 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.
                                                  House Calendar No. 94

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 227

                          [Report No. 104-257]

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                               RESOLUTION

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1170) to provide that 
  cases challenging the constitutionality of measures passed by State 
                referendum be heard by a 3-judge court.

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                           September 21, 1995

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed