[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 27 (Friday, March 11, 1994)]
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DISPENSING WITH CERTAIN BUSINESS IN ORDER AND PROVIDING GUIDELINES FOR 
      CONSIDERATION OF BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT ON WEDNESDAY NEXT

  Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that business in 
order pursuant to clause 3 of rule XXVII (27) on Monday, March 14, 
1994, be dispensed with, and that it be in order on Wednesday, March 16 
for Representatives Stenholm or his designee to call up House 
Resolution 331 for consideration under the same terms as if discharged 
from the Committee on Rules pursuant to clause 3 of rule XXVII.
  Further, I ask unanimous consent that the period of general debate 
provided for in House Resolution 331 be reduced to 6 hours, to be 
equally divided and controlled by Representative Brooks of Texas, 
Representative Fish of New York, and Representative Stenholm of Texas, 
or their designees.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  Mr. SMITH of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, and 
I shall not object, but I do so merely to clarify the order of business 
on Wednesday and Thursday with the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Stenholm].
  Mr. Speaker, I understand that when the House meets next Wednesday at 
10 o'clock, the first order of business will be the discussion of the 
rule on the balanced budget amendment to the Constitution for 1 hour. 
Following that, assuming passage of the rule, there will then be 6 
hours of debate, as described in the unanimous-consent request by the 
gentleman from Texas.
  Following general debate on Wednesday evening, there will be a 1-hour 
debate on the Kyl substitute, followed by a vote on the Kyl substitute. 
On Thursday, in a continuation of the balanced budget amendment debate, 
I assume at 10 o'clock Thursday morning the House will consider the 
Barton substitute for 1 hour, the Wise-Price-Pomeroy substitute for 1 
hour, and, finally, the Stenholm-Smith balanced budget amendment 
offering for 1 hour, followed by a motion to recommit, and then a vote 
on final passage.

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  Does the gentleman from Texas understand that this is correct, or 
does he have suggestions for this amendment?
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Stenholm].
  Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Speaker, that is exactly the understanding of what 
we agreed to. And in answer to the request of the gentleman from 
Illinois regarding the rule vote, it is not the intention of anyone on 
this side of the aisle to ask for a vote on the rule. I believe it has 
been expressed the same way from the gentleman's side of the aisle, and 
the schedule he has outlined is the procedure we will be following.
  Mr. SMITH of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, that is correct. We have no plans 
to ask for a vote on the rule between the two of us. No one that I know 
will ask for a vote on the rule.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Johnson of South Dakota). Is there 
objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.

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