[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 138 (Wednesday, September 28, 1994)]
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          DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1994

  Mr. DERRICK. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I 
call up House Resolution 554 and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 544

       Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
     resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule 
     XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
     the bill (H.R. 3171) to authorize the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to reorganize the Department of Agriculture, and 
     for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be 
     dispensed with. All points of order against consideration 
     of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined 
     to the bill and the amendments made in order by this 
     resolution and shall not exceed one hour equally divided 
     and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member 
     of the Committee on Agriculture. After general debate the 
     bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-
     minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an 
     original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-
     minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
     recommended by the Committee on Agriculture now printed in 
     the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a 
     substitute shall be considered as read. All points of 
     order against the committee amendment in the nature of a 
     substitute are waived. At the conclusion of consideration 
     of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and 
     report the bill to the House with such amendments as may 
     have been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote 
     in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 
     the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the 
     nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be 
     considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 
     to final passage without intervening motion except one 
     motion to recommit with or without instructions.

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