IV

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 24

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to reduce the number

of programs covered by each regular appropriation bill.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 7, 1997

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

Committee on Rules

RESOLUTION

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to

reduce the number of programs covered by each regular

appropriation bill.

1 Resolved,

2 SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF PROGRAMS COV3 ERED BY EACH REGULAR APPROPRIATION

4 BILL.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Rule XXI of the Rules of the

6 House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end

7 the following new clause:

8 ‘‘9. (a) No provision shall be reported in any general

9 appropriation bill containing the regular appropriations

10 for any part of the Government for a fiscal year, or shall
2

HRES 24 IH

1 be in order as an amendment thereto, if the provision or

2 amendment contains the regular appropriations for any

3 other part of the Government for the fiscal year.

4 ‘‘(b) For purposes of paragraph (a), the term ‘part

5 of the Government’ means any of the following, based on

6 the jurisdictions of the subcommittees of the Committee

7 on Appropriations for the 104th Congress:

8 ‘‘(1) Agriculture.

9 ‘‘(2) Rural development.

10 ‘‘(3) Food and Drug Administration.

11 ‘‘(4) Related agencies with respect to agri12 culture and rural development.

13 ‘‘(5) Department of Commerce.

14 ‘‘(6) Department of Justice.

15 ‘‘(7) Department of State.

16 ‘‘(8) Judiciary.

17 ‘‘(9) Related agencies with respect to the De18 partments of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the

19 Judiciary.

20 ‘‘(10) Department of Defense military func21 tions.

22 ‘‘(11) District of Columbia.

23 ‘‘(12) Energy and water development.

24 ‘‘(13) Foreign operations, export financing, and

25 related programs.
3

HRES 24 IH

1 ‘‘(14) Department of the Interior.

2 ‘‘(15) Related agencies with respect to the De3 partment of the Interior.

4 ‘‘(16) Department of Labor.

5 ‘‘(17) Department of Health and Human Serv6 ices.

7 ‘‘(18) Department of Education.

8 ‘‘(19) Related agencies with respect to the De9 partments of Labor, Health and Human Services,

10 and Education.

11 ‘‘(20) Legislative Branch.

12 ‘‘(21) Military construction, family housing, and

13 base realignment and closure functions administered

14 by the Department of Defense.

15 ‘‘(22) Department of Transportation.

16 ‘‘(23) Related agencies with respect to the De17 partment of Transportation.

18 ‘‘(24) Department of the Treasury.

19 ‘‘(25) Executive Office of the President, United

20 States Postal Service, independent agencies pre21 viously included in the Treasury, Postal Service, and

22 General Government Appropriations Act, and gov23 ernmentwide general provisions.

24 ‘‘(26) Department of Veterans Affairs.
4

HRES 24 IH

1 ‘‘(27) Department of Housing and Urban De2 velopment.

3 ‘‘(28) Independent agencies previously included

4 in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing

5 and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies

6 Appropriations Act.’’.

7 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub8 section (a) shall apply to general appropriation bills con9 taining the regular appropriations for any part of the Gov10 ernment for fiscal year 1998 or any succeeding fiscal year.

Æ