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PUBLIC LAW 91-530-OCT. 26, 1970 E X P E D I T I O U S CONDUCT O F CALLS O F THE

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SEC. 122. (a) Clause 2 of Rule X V of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended— (1) by inserting " (a) " immediately after "2."; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(b) When a call of the House in the absence of a quorum is ordered^ the Speaker of the House or the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole House, as the case may be, in his discretion may order the Clerk of the House to lay out tally sheets on which the presence of the Members shall be recorded by the Clerk or the respective Members. When a quorum has been recorded, which in the Committee of the Whole House shall be one hundred Members, the Clerk shall advise the Speaker or Chairman of this fact, after which it shall be in order to entertain a motion, which is privileged and shall be decided without debate, to dispense with further proceedings under the call, and the business of the House or the Committee of the Whole shall then resume. However, for a period of thirty minutes following the commencement of such quorum call, Members who are present before the expiration of such thirty-minute period may have their presence Absent Members, recorded ou such tally sheets. Absent Members shall be recorded in the recording. J o u m a l of the House.". (b) Clause 2 of Rule X X III of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows: "2. Unless the Chairman invokes the procedure for the call of the roll under paragraph (b) of clause 2 of Rule X V, whenever a Committee of the Whole House or of the Whole House on the State of the Union finds itself without a quorum, which shall consist of one hundred Members, the Chairman shall cause the roll to be called, and thereupon the committee shall rise, and the Chairman shall report the names of the absentees to the House, which shall be entered on the Journal; but if on such call a quorum shall appear, the committee shall thereupon resume its sitting without further order of the House.''. DEBATE ON M O T I O N TO R E C O M M I T W I T H INSTRUCTIONS AFTER PREVIOUS Q U E S T I O N I S ORDERED I N THE H O U S E

SEC. 123. Clause 4 of Rule X VI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "However, with respect to any motion to recommit with instructions after the previous question shall have been ordered, it always shall be in order to debate such motion for ten minutes before the vote is taken on that motion, one half of such time to be given to debate by the mover of the motion and one half to debate in opposition to the motion.". DELIVERY OF COPIES OF AMENDMENTS OFFERED I N WHOLE HOUSE

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SEC. 124. Clause 5 of Rule X X III of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Upon the offering of any amendment by a Member, when the House is meeting in the Committee of the Whole, the Clerk shall promptly transmit to the majority committee table five copies of the amendment and five copies to the minority committee table. Further, the Clerk shall deliver at least one copy of the amendment to the majority cloak room and at least one copy to the minority cloak room.".

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