H. Res. 560

In the House of Representatives, U.S., 

November 17, 2005.

Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it 

shall be in order without intervention of any point of order 

to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 4241) to provide for 

reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a) of the concurrent 

resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. The bill shall 

be considered as read. The amendment printed in the report 

of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall 

be considered as adopted. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, 

to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) two 

hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 

Budget; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

SEC. 2. During consideration of H.R. 4241 pursuant to 

this resolution, notwithstanding the operation of the previous 
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question, the Chair may postpone further consideration of the 

bill to a time designated by the Speaker. 

SEC. 3. After passage of H.R. 4241, it shall be in order 

to take from the Speaker’s table S. 1932 and to consider the 

Senate bill in the House. All points of order against the Senate bill and against its consideration are waived. It shall be 

in order to move to strike all after the enacting clause of the 

Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 

4241 as passed by the House. All points of order against that 

motion are waived. 

SEC. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution, the amendment considered as adopted under the first 

section of this resolution shall be modified as specified in section 5. 

SEC. 5. The modification referred to in section 4 is as 

follows:

Page 13, strike lines 5 through 11, and insert the 

following:

1 ‘‘(a) ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.—The Food Stamp Act 

2 of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended—

3 ‘‘(1) in section 5—

4 ‘‘(A) in the 2d sentence of subsection (a); 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(B) in subsection (j); 
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1 by striking ‘receives benefits’ each place it appears 

2 and inserting ‘in fiscal years 2006 through 2010 re3 ceives cash assistance, and in any other fiscal year 

4 receives benefits,’; 

5 ‘‘(2) in section 5(a) by adding at the end the 

6 following: 

7 ‘Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act except 

8 sections 6(b), 6(d)(2), and 6(g) and section 3(i)(4), house9 holds in which each member receives substantial and ongo10 ing noncash benefits under a State program funded under 

11 part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 601 et seq.) provided for purposes of shelter, utilities, 

13 child care, health care, transportation, or job training, and 

14 that have a monthly income that does not exceed (before 

15 the exclusions and deductions provided for in subsections 

16 (d) and (e)) 150 percent of the poverty line, as defined 

17 in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 

18 Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), for the forty-eight contiguous 

19 States and the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, the 

20 Virgin Islands of the United States, and Guam, respec21 tively, shall be eligible to participate in the food stamp 

22 program.’; and 

23 ‘‘(3) in section 5(j) by adding at the end the 

24 following: 
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1 ‘Notwithstanding subsections (a) through (i), a State 

2 agency shall consider a member of a household in which 

3 each household member receives substantial and ongoing 

4 noncash benefits under a State program funded under 

5 part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 601 et seq.) provided for purposes of shelter, utilities, 

7 child care, health care, transportation, or job training, and 

8 which has a monthly income that does not exceed (before 

9 the exclusions and deductions provided for in subsections 

10 (d) and (e)) 150 percent of the poverty line, as defined 

11 in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 

12 Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), for the forty-eight contiguous 

13 States and the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, the 

14 Virgin Islands of the United States, and Guam, respec15 tively, to have satisfied the resource limitations prescribed 

16 under subsection (g).’.’’.

Page 331, at the end of line 13, add the following:

17 ‘‘Such method shall provide that not less than 25 percent 

18 of such funds shall be allocated among States the popu19 lation of which (as determined according to data collected 

20 by the United States Census Bureau) as of July 1, 2004, 
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1 was more than 105 percent of the population of the re2 spective State (as so determined) as of April 1, 2000.’’. 

Attest:

Clerk.