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the table, to send to the Sergeant at Arms,"et cetera.
I think the important point here is to note
that when a proposal is made on the floor or a recommenda-
tion is made on the floor or an amendment is offered on
the floor to amend a committee report or recommendation
or to amend an amendment to a committee report or recommen-
dation, that is a motion and is one of the motions listed
in Rule 43, a motion to amend is a traditional motion.
I think it is fairly important to main-tain the distinction
because if something is offered as a resolution, it is
referred to a committee. If something is offered as a
motion, it can be dealt with on the floor. Obviously
when we get to the Committee of the Whole, you will be
offering motions to amend committee reports and they should
be dealt with on the floor.
I think the whole thing was implied under the
previous rule anyway but in order to make/crystal clear,
your committee has suggested the language set forth at
Page 4 of its report.
Now we have another technical suggestion.
Insertion of the new Rule 44-A to read as follows. Here |
