[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H. Res. 549 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 549

   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to impose the 
              Ramseyer requirement on conference reports.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 1996

 Ms. Pryce (for herself, Mr. Drier, Mr. McInnis, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Ms. 
Greene of Utah) 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 impose the 
              Ramseyer requirement on conference reports.

    Resolved, That (a) clause 1 of rule XXVIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
    ``(e) The explanatory statement that accompanies each report made 
by a committee of conference that repeals or amends any statute or part 
thereof shall include--
            ``(1) The text of the statute or part thereof which is 
        proposed to be repealed; and
            ``(2) A comparative print of that part of such report 
        making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof 
        proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and 
        italic, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical 
        devices the omissions and insertions proposed to be made.''.
    (b) The amendment made by this resolution shall take effect 
immediately before noon January 3, 1997.
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