,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,hoyer submitted the following     
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,rules  ,,resolution      
,amending the ,rules of the ,house of   
,representatives to permit ,delegates   
and the ,resident ,commissioner to the  
,congress to cast votes in the          
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
state of the ,union4  #a4 ,voting by    
,delegates and ,resident ,commissioner  
in ,committee of the ,whole  7a7        
,permitting ,votes ,to be ,cast ,clause 
#c7;a7 of rule ,,iii of the ,rules of   
the ,house of ,representatives is       
amended by inserting before the first   
sentence the following3 ,in a ,committee
 of the ,whole ,house on the state of   
the ,union1 each ,delegate and the      
,resident ,commissioner shall possess   
the same powers and privileges as       
,members of the ,house44  7b7           
,appointment of ,chair ,the first       

sentence of clause #a of rule ,,xviii of
 the ,rules of the ,house of            
,representatives is amended by striking 
,member and inserting ,member1          
,delegate1 or the ,resident             
,commissioner4  7c7 ,repeating of       
,certain ,votes ,clause #f of rule      
,,xviii of the ,rules of the ,house of  
,representatives is amended by adding at
 the end the following new paragraph3   
7h7 ,whenever a recorded vote on any    
question has been decided by a margin   
within which the votes cast by the      
,delegates and the ,resident            
,commissioner have been decisive1 the   
,committee of the ,whole shall rise and 
the ,speaker shall put such question de 
novo without intervening motion4 ,upon  
the announcement of the vote on that    
question1 the ,committee of the ,whole  
shall resume its sitting without        
intervening motion4  4