Resolution to amend the House Rules regarding the making of points of no quorum, consideration of certain Senate amendments in conference agreements or reported in conference disagreement, request for recorded votes and expeditious conduct of quorum calls in Committee on the Whole, and postponement of proceedings on suspension motions.

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Provides that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 998) to amend the House rules regarding the making of points of no quorum, consideration of certain Senate amendments in conference agreements or reported in conference disagreement, request for recorded votes and expeditious conduct of quorum calls in Committee of the Whole, and postponement of proceedings on suspension motions, and for other purposes. States that after general debate, which shall be confined to the resolution and shall continue not to exceed two hours, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Rules, the resolution shall be considered as having been read for amendment. Stipulates that no amendments shall be in order to said resolution except amendments offered by the direction of the Committee on Rules and germane amendments to section 3 of said resolution, and said amendments shall not be subject to amendment. States that, at the conclusion of the consideration of the resolution for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report the resolution to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution to its adoption or rejection.

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  summary · EN · 28 March 1974

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