[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 227 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 227

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit Delegates 
  and the Resident Commissioner to the Congress to cast votes in the 
        Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2017

Ms. Plaskett 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 permit Delegates 
  and the Resident Commissioner to the Congress to cast votes in the 
        Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

    Resolved, That clause 3(a) of rule III of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by inserting before the first sentence the 
following: ``In the 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.''.
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