[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 27 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 27

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to allow each Member 
to designate one bill introduced by such Member to be the subject of a 
                            committee vote.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 1997

Mr. Campbell  (for himself, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Filner, and Ms. Lofgren) 
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 allow each Member 
to designate one bill introduced by such Member to be the subject of a 
                            committee vote.

    Resolved, That rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``7. (a) Each Member shall be entitled to designate one bill 
introduced by that Member to be heard and voted upon by the committee 
of jurisdiction during the first session of each Congress, if that bill 
is referred solely to one committee, covers one subject, and is 
introduced on or before March 1 of the first session of that Congress. 
Each such bill that is reported shall be considered by the House during 
that session. The Member shall so notify the chairman of the committee 
to which such bill is referred.
    ``(b) The chairman to which any bill described in paragraph (a) is 
referred shall schedule a committee vote on whether to report the bill. 
After the vote on such bill, the chairman shall notify the Clerk that a 
vote has occurred. The Clerk shall keep an up-to-date list of such 
information for public inspection.
    ``(c) If the bill is approved by the Senate in such form that a 
conference is required before final passage, then the Speaker shall 
appoint conferees, and if a conference report is filed on such bill, 
then a vote in the House shall be scheduled before sine die 
adjournment.
    ``(d) As used in this clause, the term `Member' means any Member 
of, Delegate to, or Resident Commissioner in, the Congress.''.
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