[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 83 (Monday, June 27, 1994)]
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     POSTPONEMENT OF VOTES ON AMENDMENTS TO TITLE V OF H.R. 4603, 
DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
  AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995, AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, 
                                  1994

  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that during 
further consideration of H.R. 4603 the Chairman of the Committee on the 
Whole may, after consultation with the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees postpone 
until a time during further consideration a request for a recorded vote 
on any amendment to title V of the bill, and reduce to not less than 5 
minutes the time for voting by electronic device on any postponed 
question that immediately follows another vote by electronic device 
without intervening business, provided that the time for voting by 
electronic device on the first in any series of questions shall be not 
less than 15 minutes.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from West Virginia?
  Mr. ROGERS. Madam Speaker, reserving the right to object, and only 
for the purpose of verification because I do not intend to object, do I 
understand from my chairman that during the consideration only of title 
V would we be given the opportunity to reserve the votes on those 
amendments until some further time in the bill?
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Madam Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ROGERS. I yield to the gentleman from West Virginia.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Madam Speaker, the gentleman is correct, and the 
gentleman would also have a veto over consideration of those votes.
  Mr. ROGERS. Do I understand correctly, further reserving the right to 
object, that during title V, if we wanted to have an immediate vote on 
that particular amendment, we could request that?
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. At the gentleman's election.
  Mr. ROGERS. Then at what time would the clustered vote take place, at 
the conclusion of title V?
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. It would be anticipated to take place at the conclusion 
of title V. Again, the gentleman has the right of veto over that.
  Mr. ROGERS. And at that time when the votes take place, the first 
vote would be at least 15 minutes, and any successive votes would be 
under 5-minute notice, is that correct?
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Under the request.
  Mr. ROGERS. Madam Speaker, I have no further reservation and I agree 
to the proposal.
  Madam Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from West Virginia.
  There was no objection.

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