[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 78 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                      January 24, 2007.
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. VOTING BY DELEGATES AND RESIDENT COMMISSIONER IN COMMITTEE OF THE 
              WHOLE.

    (a) Permitting Votes To Be Cast.--Clause 3(a) of rule III of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows:
    ``3. (a) In a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, each 
Delegate and the Resident Commissioner shall possess the same powers and 
privileges as Members of the House. Each Delegate and the Resident Commissioner 
shall be elected to serve on standing committees in the same manner as Members 
of the House and shall possess in such committees the same powers and privileges 
as the other members of the committee.''.
    (b) Appointment of Chair.--The first sentence of clause 1 of rule XVIII of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking ``a Chairman'' 
and inserting ``a Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner as Chairman''.
    (c) Repeating of Certain Votes.--Clause 6 of rule XVIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(h) Whenever a recorded vote on any question has been decided by a margin 
within which the votes cast by the Delegates and the Resident Commissioner have 
been decisive, the Committee of the Whole shall rise and the Speaker shall put 
such question de novo without intervening motion. Upon the announcement of the 
vote on that question, the Committee of the Whole shall resume its sitting 
without intervening motion.''.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.