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Sunshine Resolution of 1984

Introduced: June 6, 1984 See on congress.gov
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Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Jun 6, 1984
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sunshine Resolution of 1984 - Amends Rule XXVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that, after the approval of any matter, House conferees shall be entitled to three days in which to file supplemental, minority, or additional views.

Establishes Rule LI which requires the Speaker of the House to provide for printing of the floor schedule in the Congressional Record at least two legislative days in advance.

Amends Rule XXVII to require the printing in the Record of the names of Members who have signed, or withdrawn a signature to, a motion to discharge a committee from consideration of a bill or resolution, whenever 100 Members have signed such a motion.

Amends Rule I to require the broadcasting system to include frequent, wide-angle visual coverage of the chamber when the House is in session.

Amends Rule X to provide for the compilation of an oversight agenda resolution. Requires the House to complete action on such resolution within 100 days after the Congress convenes.

Amends Rule XI to prohibit proxy voting in committees.

Establishes Rule LII which requires the body of the Congressional Record for the House to contain an accurate and verbatim account of remarks actually delivered on the floor. Limits extension and revision of remarks delivered on the floor to the correction of grammatical and typographical errors. Authorizes Members, by unanimous consent, to make insertions of remarks not actually delivered on the floor and requires such insertions to be clearly distinguished from verbatim remarks.

Amends Rule X to require committee ratios to reflect the majority to minority party ratio in the House.

What's happening now June 6, 1984

Referred to House Committee on Rules.

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