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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 17 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to abolish the Committee 

on Appropriations. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 6, 2009 

Mr. CAMPBELL submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 

abolish the Committee on Appropriations. 

1 Resolved, That rule X of the Rules of the House of 

2 Representatives is amended as follows: 

3 (1)(A) In clause 1, strike paragraph (b) (relat4 ing to the Committee on Appropriations) and redes5 ignate paragraphs (c) through (t) as paragraphs (b) 

6 through (s), respectively. 

7 (B) In clause 1(i)(1) (as redesignated), strike 

8 ‘‘(except for the Committee on Appropriations)’’. 

9 (2) In clause 2(b)(1), strike ‘‘(other than the 

10 Committee on Appropriations)’’. 


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1 (3) In clause 3, strike paragraph (a) and redes2 ignate paragraphs (b) through (m) as paragraphs 

3 (a) through (l), respectively. 

4 (4) In clause 4, strike paragraph (a) and redes5 ignate paragraphs (b) through (f) as paragraphs (a) 

6 through (e), respectively. 

7 (5)(A) In clause 5(a)(2)(A)(i), strike ‘‘five from 

8 the Committee on Appropriations,’’. 

9 (B) In clause 5(d)(2), strike the second sen10 tence. 

11 (6) In clause 6(a), strike ‘‘(other than the Com12 mittee on Appropriations)’’. 

13 (7)(A) In clause 9(b)(2)(B), strike ‘‘other than 

14 the Committee on Appropriations’’. 

15 (B) In clause 9, strike paragraph (d) and redes16 ignate paragraphs (e) through (i) as paragraphs (d) 

17 through (h), respectively. 

18 (8) In clause 11(a)(1), strike subdivision (A) 

19 and redesignate subdivisions (B) through (D) as 

20 subdivisions (A) through (C), respectively. 

21 SEC. 2. Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep22 resentatives is amended as follows: 

23 (1)(A) In clause 2(g)(2)(D), strike ‘‘the Com24 mittee on Appropriations,’’ and strike the comma 

25 after ‘‘Services’’. 


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1 (B) In clause 2(g), strike subparagraph (6). 

2 (2) In clause 2(h)(3), strike ‘‘other than the 

3 Committee on Appropriations,’’ and strike the 

4 comma after ‘‘Budget’’. 

5 SEC. 3. Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Rep6 resentatives is amended as follows: 

7 (1) In clause 3(d)(3)(B), strike ‘‘the Committee 

8 on Appropriations,’’. 

9 (2)(A) In clause 3(f), strike paragraph (1) and 

10 strike (2). 

11 (B) In clause 3(f) (as amended), strike ‘‘(A)’’ 

12 and insert ‘‘(1)’’, strike ‘‘(B)’’ and insert ‘‘(2)’’, and 

13 strike ‘‘the Committee on Appropriations reports a 

14 bill or joint resolution including matter specified in 

15 clause 1(b)(2) or (3) of rule X’’ and insert ‘‘any 

16 committee reports a bill or joint resolution rescind17 ing appropriations contained in appropriation Acts 

18 or transfers unexpended balances’’. 

19 (3) In clause 4(c), strike ‘‘the Committee on 

20 Appropriations’’ both places it appears and in the 

21 first place insert ‘‘any committee’’ and in the second 

22 place insert ‘‘that committee’’. 

23 (4) In clause 5(a)(1), strike ‘‘The Committee on 

24 Appropriations’’ and insert ‘‘Any committee’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. Clause 2 of rule XXI of the Rules of the 

2 House of Representatives is amended by striking para3 graphs (a), (b), (c), and (e), and by redesignating para4 graph (d) as paragraph (a) and paragraph (f) as para5 graph (b). 

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