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107TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 107–171

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2647,

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002

JULY 30, 2001.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules,

submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. Res. 213]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House

Resolution 213, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to the House

with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2647, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002, under a structured rule.

The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and

controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the

Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives points of order

against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with clause

4(c) of rule XIII (requiring the three-day availability of printed

hearings on a general appropriations bill).

The rule waives points of order against provisions in the bill for

failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions in a general appropriations bill). The

rule makes in order only the amendments printed in this report,

which may be offered only in the order printed in this report, may

be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject

to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the

Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order against

the amendments printed in this report.

Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

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SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE

Rothman: Provides resources from existing funds to allow House

Members to request the installation of energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs in their offices.

Traficant: States that anyone who has been convicted of violating

the Buy American Act of 1933 will be barred from receiving any

funds from the bill.

Text of amendments made in order under the rule:

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROTHMAN

OF NEW JERSEY, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 45, add after line 25 the following:

SEC. 311. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the

Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives and

the amounts made available in this Act for the Architect of the

Capitol for the item relating to ‘‘HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS’’, an ag- gregate amount of $75,000 shall be made available for the installation of compact fluorescent light bulbs in table, floor, and desk

lamps in House office buildings for offices of the House which request them (including any retrofitting of the lamps which may be

necessary to install such bulbs), consistent with the energy conservation plan of the Architect under section 310 of the Legislative

Branch Appropriations Act, 1999.

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TRAFICANT

OF OHIO, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (preceding the short title) insert the following new section:

SEC. . No funds appropriated or otherwise made available

under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that

has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C.

10a–10c).

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