Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to the Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Summary

Amends Rule III (The Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that, in a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, each Delegate and the Resident Commissioner shall possess the same powers and privileges (including voting) as Members of the House. Amends Rule XVIII (The Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union) to allow a Delegate or the Resident Commissioner to preside as Chairman of such Committee. Declares that, whenever a recorded vote on any question has been decided by a margin within which the votes cast by the Delegates and the Resident Commissioner have been decisive, the Committee of the Whole shall rise and the Speaker shall put such question de novo without intervening motion. Requires the Committee to resume its sitting, without intervening motion, upon the announcement of the vote on that question.

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 24 January 2007

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 24 January 2007

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• Passed House without amendment

  summary · EN · 24 January 2007

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 19 January 2007

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 19 January 2007

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 January 2007

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