H.R.4604: Budget Control Act of 1994

Referred to the House Committee on Government Operations.

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Ordered to be Reported.

Reported by the Committee on Rules. H. Rept. 103-602, Part I.

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 484 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4604 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of the bill modified by the amendment printed in Part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.

Rule H. Res. 484 passed House.

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 484.

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4604 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of the bill modified by the amendment printed in Part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 484 and Rule XXIII.

The Speaker designated the Honorable Peter J. Visclosky to act as Chairman of the Committee.

GENERAL DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 484, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 484, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Kasich amendment in the nature of a substitute.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 484, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Stenholm amendment in the nature of a substitute.

DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Stupak amendment.

The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4604.

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Goss moved to recommit with instructions to Rules.

DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Goss motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Rules with instructions that the Committee report the bill back to the House with amendments to delete the bill's prohibition on proposing reductions in Social Security benefits to achieve additional spending cuts, in the event that entitlement outlays exceed the caps agreed to in the budget resolution.

The previous question was ordered without objection.

On motion to recommit with instructions Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 424 - 0 (Roll No. 345).

Pursuant to the foregoing order of the House, the Committee on Rules reported the bill back to the House with the following amendments.

On passage Passed by recorded vote: 316 - 107 (Roll no. 346).

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Received in the Senate and read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.