[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 380 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                        March 13, 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. 2703) to combat 
terrorism. 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 
and shall be considered as read. No amendment shall be in order except 
those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 2 of this 
resolution. Each amendment printed in the report may be considered only 
in the order printed, 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 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. 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 the Judiciary or a designee to offer amendments en bloc 
consisting of amendments printed in the report of the Committee on 
Rules accompanying this resolution that were 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 the Judiciary 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. All points of order against such amendments en 
bloc are waived. 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.
    Sec. 3. After passage of H.R. 2703, it shall be in order to take 
from the Speaker's table the bill (S. 735) to prevent and punish acts 
of terrorism, and for other purposes, and to consider the Senate bill 
in the House. 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. 2703 as passed by the House. 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. 735 and 
request a conference with the Senate thereon.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.