[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 332 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
H. RES. 332

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a House 
 recess or adjournment during any period of lapsed appropriations for 
                        the Federal Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1996

  Mr. Cardin (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Clement, Mr. Dellums, Mr. 
 Hefner, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Wynn) 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 prohibit a House 
 recess or adjournment during any period of lapsed appropriations for 
                        the Federal Government.

    Resolved, That (a) clause 12 of rule I of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ``, except during a period of lapsed appropriation for 
all or any part of the Federal Government''.
    (b) The last sentence of clause 4(b) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by inserting before the period at 
the end the following: ``; nor shall it report any rule or order that 
would effect or authorize a declaration of recess during a period of 
lapsed appropriation for all or any part of the Federal Government''.
    (c) The fifth sentence of clause 4 of rule XVI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by striking ``It'' and inserting 
the following: ``Except during a period of lapsed appropriation for all 
or any part of the Federal Government, it''.
    (d) Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``9. It shall not be in order in the House to consider any 
resolution providing for an adjournment period of more than three 
calendar days during a period of lapsed appropriation for all or any 
part of the Federal Government.''.
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