Resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3497) to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program through the creation of personal Social Security guarantee acc

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Providingfortheconsiderationofthebill (II.R. 3497) toamendthe Social
SecurityAct and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and
strengthentheSocialSecurityProgramthroughthecreationofpersonal
SocialSecurityguaranteeaccountsensuringfullbenefitsforallworkers
andtheirfamilies,restoringlong-termSocialSecuritysolvency,tomake
certainbenefitimprovements,andforotherpurposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May21,2002
Mrs.THURMANsubmittedthefollowingresolution;whichwasreferredtothe
CommitteeonRules
RESOLUTION
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3497) to
amendthe Social SecurityActand the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social
SecurityProgramthroughthecreationofpersonal Social
Security guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for
allworkers and theirfamilies, restoringlong-term Social
Securitysolvency, to make certainbenefit improvements,
andforotherpurposes.
1 Resolved, Thatimmediatelyupontheadoptionofthis
2 resolution the House shall resolve into the Committee of
3 theWhole House on the stateofthe Unionforconsider-
4 ationofthebill(H.R. 3497)toamendtheSocialSecurity
1 Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve
2 and strengthen the Social Securityprogram through the
3 creation of personal Social Security guarantee accounts
4 ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families,
5 restoringlong-termSocialSecuritysolvency,tomakecer-
6 tain benefit improvements, and for other purposes. The
7 firstreadingofthebillshallbedispensedwith.Allpoints
8 oforderagainstconsiderationofthebillarewaived. Gen-
9 eral debate shallbe confined tothebilland shallnotex-
10 eeedtwohoursequallydividedandcontrolledbythechair-
11 man and rankingminoritymember ofthe Committee on
12 Ways and Means. After general debate the bill shall be
13 consideredforamendmentunderthefive-minuterule. The
14 billshallbeconsideredasread. Noamendmenttothebill
15 shallbeinorderexcept:
16 (1) anamendmentinthenatureofasubstitute
17 consisting of the text of H.R. 3535 if offered by
18 RepresentativeArmeyofTexasoradesignee;
19 (2) anamendmentinthenatureofasubstitute
20 consisting of the text of H.R. 4022 if offered by
21 RepresentativeMatsuiofCaliforniaoradesignee;
22 (3) anamendmentinthenatureofasubstitute
23 consisting of the text of H.R. 4023 if offered by
24 RepresentativeMatsuiofCaliforniaoradesignee;
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1 (4) anamendmentinthenatureofasubstitute
2 consisting of the text of H.R. 4024 if offered by
3 RepresentativeMatsuiofCaliforniaoradesignee;
4 (5) anamendmentinthenatureofasubstitute
5 consisting of the text of H.R. 4780 if offered by
6 Representative Matsui of California, Representative
7 GephardtofMissouri,oradesignee.
8 Sec. 2. Considerationofeachsuchamendmentshall
9 begin with an additional period of general debate which
10 shall be confined to the subject of the amendment and
11 shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled
12 bytheproponentandanopponent,Eachsuchamendment
13 maybeofferedonlyintheorderspecifiedinthefirstsec-
14 tionofthisresolution, maybeofferedonlybythenamed
15 proponentoradesignee,shallbeconsideredasread, shall
16 be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a
17 demand for division ofthe question in the House or in
18 the Committee oftheWhole. All points oforder against
19 each amendment are waived (except those arisingunder
20 clause7ofruleXVI).
21 Sec. 3. IftheCommitteeoftheWholerises andre-
22 ports that it has come to no resolution on the bill, then
23 on the next legislative day, immediately after the third
24 daily order ofbusiness under clause 1 of rule XIV, the
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1 House shall resolveintothe Committee oftheWhole for
2 furtherconsiderationofthebill.
3 Sec. 4. Attheconclusionofconsiderationofthebill
4 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the
5 billtotheHousewithsuchamendmentsasmayhavebeen
6 adopted. Thepreviousquestionshallbeconsideredasor-
7 deredonthebillandamendmentstheretotofinalpassage
8 withoutinterveningmotionexceptonemotiontorecommit
9 withorwithoutinstructions.
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