H.R.2703: Effective Death Penalty and Public Safety Act of 1996

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 376 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2703 with 1 hour of general debate. After general debate, the Committee of thw Whole shall rise without motion. No further consideration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House.

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 380 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2703 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. No amendment shall be in order except those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 2 of this resolution. Each amendment printed in the report may be considered only in the order printed, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment except as specified in the report. After passage of H.R. 2703, it shall be in order to take from the Speaker's table th...

Rule H. Res. 380 passed House.

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 380.

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2703 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. No amendment shall be in order except those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 2 of this resolution. Each amendment printed in the report may be considered only in the order printed, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment except as specified in the report. After passage of H.R. 2703, it shall be in order to take from the Speaker's table th...

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 380 and Rule XXIII.

The Speaker designated the Honorable John Linder to act as Chairman of the Committee.

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Hyde amendment.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Barr amendment.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Hyde amendments.

DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole resumed debate.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeLauro amendment.

At the conclusion of debate on the Delauro amendment, a recorded vote was requested and pending that, the absence of a quorum was noted. The Chair postponed further proceedings on agreeing to the amendment and the point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Schumer amendment.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Watt amendment.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement, further proceedings on the amendment offered by Mr. Watt were postponed until Thursday, March 14, 1996.

Mr. Volkmer asked unanimous consent that the request for a recorded vote on the Delauro amendment be withdrawn. Agreed to without objection. Accordingly, the amendment was agreed to by voice vote.

Mr. Volkmer moved to strike the enacting clause.

DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Volkmer motion to strike the enacting clause.

On motion to strike the enacting clause Failed by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bartlett of Maryland amendment.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bryant of Tennessee amendment.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Bryant amendment, a recorded vote was requested and pending that, the absence of a quorum was noted. The Chair postponed further proceedings on agreeing to the amendment and the point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Martini amendment.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Martini amendment, a recorded vote was requested and pending that, the absence of a quorum was noted. The Chair postponed further proceedings on agreeing to the amendment and the point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2703 as unfinished business.

PERMISSION TO CONSIDER DOOLITTLE AMENDMENT - Mr. Doolittle asked unanimous consent that when the Committee of the Whole resumes its sitting for further consideration of the bill H.R. 2703, he be allowed to offer his amendment numbered 7 in the report accompanying H. Res. 380 out of order. Agreed to without objection.

PROVIDING FOR FURTHER DEBATE - Mr. Watt asked unanimous consent that when the Committee of the Whole resumes its sitting on H.R. 2703, he be permitted to have an additional ten minutes of debate on his amendment which was offered on Wednesday, March 13, 1996, and that the additional debate time be equally divided and controlled between himself and an opponent. Agreed to without objection.

Considered as unfinished business.

The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with the Doolittle amendment.

Mr. Watt (NC) asked unanimous consent that the requests for recorded votes on the Bryant and Martini amendments be withdrawn. Agreed to without objection. Accordingly, the amendments were agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the McCollum amendment.

Mr. Hyde moved that the Committee rise.

On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.

Considered as unfinished business.

The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

DEBATE - Pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of Wednesday, March 13, 1996, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with an additional 10 minutes of debate on the Watt (NC) amendment on which futher consideration had been postponed.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Conyers amendment in the nature of a substitute.

The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2703.

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Conyers moved to recommit to Judiciary.

The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered without objection.

On motion to recommit Failed by voice vote.

On passage Passed by recorded vote: 229 - 191 (Roll no. 66).

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

The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 2703.

Laid on the table. See S. 735 for further action.