[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 366 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                     February 28, 1996.
    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. 2854) to modify the operation of certain agricultural programs. The 
first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 
consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the 
bill and the amendments made in order by this resolution and shall not exceed 
two hours equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Agriculture. 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 
Agriculture now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute shall be considered as read. All points of order against the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. Notwithstanding 
clause 5(c) of rule XXIII, no amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute shall be in order except the amendments specified in the report 
of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and amendments en bloc 
described in section 2 of this resolution. Each amendment specified in the 
report may be considered only in the order specified 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, 
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 the amendments 
made in order to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute are 
waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 
Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendment 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. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman of the Committee 
on Agriculture or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of 
amendments specified in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
resolution not earlier disposed of or germane modifications of any such 
amendments. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be 
considered as read (except that modifications shall be reported), shall be 
debatable for twenty minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture or their designees, 
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. For the 
purpose of inclusion in such amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the 
form of a motion to strike may be modified to the form of a germane perfecting 
amendment to the text originally proposed to be stricken. The original proponent 
of an amendment included in such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in 
the Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of the amendments en 
bloc.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.