[House Report 104-129]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 1st Session                                                    104-129
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    PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1561, AMERICAN OVERSEAS 
                         INTERESTS ACT OF 1995

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May 22, 1995.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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     Mr. Goss, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 155]
    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 155, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

               brief summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 1561, 
the ``American Overseas Interests Act of 1995'' under a 
modified open rule. The rule provides two hours of general 
debate divided equally between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on International Relations.
    The rule waives clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI (three day 
availability for committee reports); section 302(f) 
(prohibiting consideration of legislation providing new 
entitlement authority in excess of a committee's allocation); 
303(a) (prohibiting consideration of budgetary legislation 
prior to the adoption of the budget resolution); 308(a) 
(requiring a CBO cost estimate in the committee report on 
legislation containing new entitlement, spending, or budget 
authority, or a change in revenues); 402(a) (credit authority 
not subject to appropriations in advance) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 against consideration of the bill.
    The rule makes in order the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on International 
Relations as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. The 
committee amendment shall be considered as read.
    The rule waives clause 5(a) of rule XXI (prohibiting 
appropriations on a legislative bill); section 302(f); 303(a); 
and 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 against the 
committee amendment.
    The rule requires that amendments be pre-printed in the 
Congressional Record. The rule further provides for 
consideration for amendment under the 5-minute rule for 10 
hours, followed by debate as guaranteed under clause 6 of rule 
XXIII (permitting five minutes for and against each amendment). 
Consideration of the bill for amendment may not continue beyond 
2:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 25, 1995. The rule allows the 
chairman of the International Relations Committee the authority 
to offer certain pre-printed amendments en bloc or germane 
modifications of any such amendment. The amendments shall not 
be subject to amendment or to a division of the question in the 
House or in the Committee of the Whole.
    The rule deletes section 2210 from the committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute through a self-executing 
provision. Section 2210 would establish a new scorekeeping 
under the Budget Act. As such, the provision violates section 
306 of the Budget Act which prohibits the consideration of 
amendments under the Budget Committee's jurisdiction if offered 
to bills not reported by the Budget Committee. Since the Budget 
Committee has communicated opposition to waiving points of 
order against the International Relations Committee's amendment 
in the nature of a substitute for this provision, the provision 
in the rule would delete the offending section from the 
substitute.
    Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit, with 
or without instructions.

                            committee votes

    Pursuant to clause 2(l)(2)(B) of House rule XI the results 
of each rollcall vote on an amendment or motion to report, 
together with the names of those voting for and against, are 
printed below:

                   rules committee roll call no. 144

    Date: May 22, 1995.
    Measure: Rule for consideration of H.R. 1561, American 
Overseas Interests Act of 1995.
    Motion By: Mr. Beilenson.
    Summary of Motion: Strike 10-hour time cap and May 25 
deadline on amendments.
    Results: Rejected 3-4.
    Vote by Member: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Waldholtz--Nay; 
Beilenson--Yea; Frost--Yea; Hall--Yea; Solomon--Nay.