[House Report 104-424]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 1st Session                                                    104-424
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EXPEDITING THE COMMENCEMENT OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS DURING THE REMAINDER 
               OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE 104TH CONGRESS

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   December 18 (legislative day, December 15), 1995.--Referred to the 
                House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 310]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 310, by a record vote of 6 to 3, report the 
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution 
be adopted.

               Brief Summary of Provisions of Resolution

    The resolution provides that the provisions of clause 
2(g)(3) of rule XI, requiring at least one week's advance 
notice of any committee hearing except by the concurrence of 
the ranking minority member or vote of the committee, are 
waived for the remainder of the first session of the 104th 
Congress.

               Background of Rule and Need for Resolution

    Clause 2(g)(3) of rule XI, as adopted on January 4, 1995, 
by House Resolution 6, adopting the rules of the House for the 
104th Congress, provided that each committee (except the Rules 
Committee) shall announce its hearings at least one week in 
advance unless the committee determines there is good cause to 
begin a hearing sooner. On January 31, 1995, the House adopted 
House Resolution 43 amending clause 2(g)(3) of rule XI to 
provide that the chairman of each Committee (except the Rules 
Committee), shall announce its hearings at least one week in 
advance unless the chairman, with the concurrence of the 
ranking minority member, or the committee, determine there is 
good cause to begin a hearing sooner.
    The purpose of this resolution is to permit hearings to be 
convened in the remaining days of the first session of this 
Congress with less than a week's notice, without having to 
convene a full committee meeting to authorize even a 
subcommittee hearing.

                            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 rollcall no. 268

    Date: December 18, 1995.
    Measure: Resolution waiving the requirements of clause 
2(g)(3) of rule XI.
    Motion By: Mr. Dreier.
    Summary of Motion: Report the resolution.
    Results: Adopted, 6 to 3.
    Vote by Member: Dreier--Yea; Goss--Yea; Linder--Yea; Diaz-
Balart--Yea; Waldholtz--Yea; Moakley--Nay; Beilenson--Nay; 
Hall--Nay; Solomon--Yea.