Pub. L. 91-510, tit. I, sec. 119
debate time under five-minute rule in committee of the whole house for amendments previously printed in congressional record
debate time under five-minute rule in committee of the whole house for amendments previously printed in congressional record Sec. 119. Clause 6 of Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “However, if debate is closed on any section or paragraph under this clause lief ore there has been debate on any amendment which any Member shall have caused to be printed in the Congressional Record after the reporting of the bill by the commmittee but at least one day prior to floor consideration of such amendment, the Member who caused such amendment to be printed in the Record shall be given five minutes in which to explain such amendment, after which the first person to obtain the floor shall be given five minutes in opposition to it, and there shall be no further debate thereon; but such time for debate shall not be allowed when the offering of such amendment is dilatory.”.