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	Amend HR 2 as follows:                                                       
	(1) Strike page 4, line 27, through page 5, line 5, and 
substitute the following for Rule 1, Section 9(b):
	(b) No member shall speak more than once on an appeal unless 
given leave by a majority of the house.  No motion shall be in order, 
pending an appeal, except a motion to adjourn, a motion to lay on 
the table, a motion for the previous question, or a motion for a 
call of the house.  Responses to parliamentary inquiries and 
decisions of recognition made by the chair may not be appealed, 
except as provided by Rule 5, Section 24.
	(2) Strike page 94, line 24 through page 95, line 3, and 
substitute the following for Rule 5, Section 24:
	Sec. 24.  RECOGNITION.  (a) Except as otherwise provided by 
this section, there [There] shall be no appeal from the speaker's 
recognition, but the speaker shall be governed by rules and usage in 
priority of entertaining motions from the floor.  When a member 
seeks recognition, the speaker may ask, "For what purpose does the 
member rise?" or "For what purpose does the member seek 
recognition?" and may then decide if recognition is to be granted, 
except that the speaker shall recognize a member who seeks 
recognition on a question of privilege.
	(b) If the speaker denies recognition of a member who seeks 
recognition on a question of privilege, other than a question of 
privilege relating to the right of the house to remove the speaker 
and elect a new speaker, the decision of recognition may be appealed 
using the procedures provided in Rule 1, Section 9.
	(c) If the speaker denies recognition of a member who seeks 
recognition on a question of privilege relating to the right of the 
house to remove the speaker and elect a new speaker, the member may 
appeal the speaker's denial of recognition if the member submits to 
the speaker a written request, signed by at least 76 members of the 
house, to appeal the decision of recognition.  Upon receiving a 
request for appeal in accordance with this subsection, the speaker 
shall announce the request to the house.  The names of the members 
who signed the request and the time that the announcement was made 
shall be entered in the journal.  The appeal of a decision of 
recognition under this subsection is eligible for consideration 24 
hours after the request for appeal has been announced in accordance 
with this subsection.  The appeal and consideration of the question 
of privilege, if the appeal is successful, takes precedence over 
all other questions except motions to adjourn.
	(3) Strike page 97, lines 19 through 26, and substitute the 
following for Rule 5, Section 35:
	Sec. 35.  QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE DEFINED.  Questions of 
privilege shall be:  
		(1) those affecting the rights of the house 
collectively, its safety and dignity, and the integrity of its 
proceedings, including the right of the house to remove the speaker 
and elect a new speaker; and
		(2) those affecting the rights, reputation, and conduct 
of members individually in their representative capacity only.
	(4) On page 98, line 6, amend Rule 5, Section 37, by inserting 
"(a)" between the period and "It".
	(5) On page 98, between lines 15 and 16, amend Rule 5, Section 
37, by inserting the following:
	(b) If a question of privilege relating to removal of the 
speaker and election of a new speaker fails, a subsequent attempt to 
remove the same speaker can be made only by reconsidering the vote 
by which the original question of privilege failed.  Such 
reconsideration shall be subject to the rules of the house 
governing reconsideration.
	(6) Strike Rule 5, Section 39A, on page 99, lines 5 through 
23.