[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 464 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 464

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide a vote in 
   the Committee of the Whole to the Delegate to the House from the 
                         District of Columbia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 1998

 Ms. Norton 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 provide a vote in 
   the Committee of the Whole to the Delegate to the House from the 
                         District of Columbia.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. VOTE IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR DELEGATE FROM THE 
              DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

    (a) Powers of Delegate.--Rule XII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Resident Commissioner'' and inserting 
        ``1. The Resident Commissioner''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``2. In a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, 
the Delegate to the House from the District of Columbia shall possess 
the same powers and privileges as Members of the House.''.
    (b) Committees of the Whole House.--Clause 2 of rule XXIII of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
    ``(d) Whenever a recorded vote on any question has been decided by 
a margin within which the vote cast by the Delegate to the House from 
the District of Columbia has been decisive, the Committee of the Whole 
House on the state of the Union shall automatically rise and the 
Speaker shall put that question de novo without intervening debate or 
other business. Upon the announcement of the vote on that question, the 
Committee of the Whole shall resume its sitting without 
intervention.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall take effect immediately 
before noon on January 3, 1999.
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