IV
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 90
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives and the Standing
Rules of the Senate to abolish the requirement that appropriations be
authorized by law, and to eliminate unnecessary duplication in the func-
tions of the standing committees of the House and Senate, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 29, 1993
Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. MCCURDY,
and Mr. MCKEON) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which
was referred to the Committee on Rules
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives and
the Standing Rules of the Senate to abolish the require-
ment that appropriations be authorized by law, and to
eliminate unnecessary duplication in the functions of the
standing committees of the House and Senate, and for
other purposes.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring),
•HCON 90 IH
TITLE 
I—JURISDICTIONS 
OF
STANDING COMMITTEES OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES
SECTION 101. ESTABLISHMENT AND JURISDICTION OF
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Clause 1 of rule X of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended to read as follows:
‘‘RULE X
‘‘ESTABLISHMENT AND JURISDICTION OF STANDING
COMMITTEES
‘‘1. There shall be in the House the following stand-
ing committees, each of which shall have the jurisdiction
and related functions assigned to it by this clause and
clauses 2, 3, and 4; and all bills, resolutions, and other
matters relating to subjects within the jurisdiction of any
standing committee as listed in this clause shall (in ac-
cordance and subject to clause 5) be referred to such com-
mittees, as follows:
‘‘(a)(1) Committee on Agriculture:
‘‘(A) Agricultural economics and research.
‘‘(B) Agricultural extension services and experi-
ment stations.
‘‘(C) Agricultural production, marketing, and
stabilization of prices.
•HCON 90 IH
‘‘(D) Agriculture and agricultural commodities.
‘‘(E) Animal industry and diseases.
‘‘(F) Crop insurance and soil conservation.
‘‘(G) Farm credit and farm security.
‘‘(H) Food from fresh waters.
‘‘(I) Food stamp programs.
‘‘(J) Forestry, and forest reserves and wilder-
ness areas other than those created from the public
domain.
‘‘(K) Home economics.
‘‘(L) Human nutrition.
‘‘(M) Inspection of livestock, meat, and agricul-
tural products.
‘‘(N) Pests and pesticides.
‘‘(O) Plant industry, soils, and agricultural en-
gineering.
‘‘(P) Rural development, rural electrification,
and watersheds.
‘‘(Q) School nutrition programs.
‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on
a comprehensive basis, matters relating to food, nutrition,
and hunger, both in the United States and in foreign
countries, and rural affairs, and report thereon from time
to time.
‘‘(b)(1) Committee on Armed Services:
•HCON 90 IH
‘‘(A) Aeronautical and space activities peculiar
to or primarily associated with the development of
weapons systems or military operations.
‘‘(B) Common defense.
‘‘(C) Department of Defense, the Department
of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the
Department of the Air Force, generally.
‘‘(D) Maintenance and operation of the Panama
Canal,
including
administration,
sanitation,
and
government of the Canal Zone.
‘‘(E) Military research and development.
‘‘(F) National security aspects of nuclear en-
ergy.
‘‘(G) Naval petroleum reserves, except those in
Alaska.
‘‘(H) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other
benefits and privileges of members of the Armed
Forces, including overseas education of civilian and
military dependents.
‘‘(I) Selective service system.
‘‘(J) Strategic and critical materials necessary
for the common defense.
‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on
a comprehensive basis, matters relating to the common de-
•HCON 90 IH
fense policy of the United States, and report thereon from
time to time.
‘‘(c)(1) Committee on Banking, Finance
and Urban Affairs:
‘‘(A) Banks, banking, and financial institutions.
‘‘(B) Control of prices of commodities, rents,
and services.
‘‘(C) Deposit insurance.
‘‘(D) Economic stabilization and defense pro-
duction.
‘‘(E) Export and foreign trade promotion.
‘‘(F) Export controls.
‘‘(G) Federal monetary policy, including Fed-
eral Reserve System.
‘‘(H) Financial aid to commerce and industry.
‘‘(I) Issuance and redemption of notes.
‘‘(J) Money and credit, including currency and
coinage.
‘‘(K) Nursing home construction.
‘‘(L) Public and private housing (including vet-
erans’ housing).
‘‘(M) Renegotiation of Government contracts.
‘‘(N) Urban development and urban mass tran-
sit.
•HCON 90 IH
‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on
a comprehensive basis, matters relating to international
economic policy as it affects United States monetary af-
fairs, credit, and financial institutions; economic growth,
urban affairs, and credit, and report thereon from time
to time.
‘‘(d)(1) Committee on the Budget, consisting
of the following Members:
‘‘(A) Members who are members of other stand-
ing committees, including five Members who are
members of the Committee on Ways and Means;
‘‘(B) one Member from the leadership of the
majority party; and
‘‘(C) one Member from the leadership of the
minority party.
No Member other than the representative from the leader-
ship of the majority party and the representative from the
leadership of the minority party, shall serve as a member
of the Committee on the Budget during more than three
Congresses in any period of five successive Congresses
(disregarding for this purpose any service performed as
a member of such committee for less than a full session
in any Congress), except that an incumbent chairman hav-
ing served on the committee for three Congresses and hav-
ing served as chairman of the committee for not more than
•HCON 90 IH
‘‘(M) Regulation of consumer products and
services, including testing related to toxic sub-
stances, other than pesticides, and except for credit,
financial services, and housing.
‘‘(N) Regulation of interstate common carriers,
including railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, pipelines,
and civil aviation.
‘‘(O) Science, engineering, and technology re-
search and development and policy.
‘‘(P) Sports.
‘‘(Q) Standards and measurement.
‘‘(R) Transportation.
‘‘(S) Transportation and commerce aspects of
Outer Continental Shelf lands.
‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on
a comprehensive basis, all matters relating to science and
technology, oceans policy, transportation, communications,
and consumer affairs, and report thereon from time to
time.
‘‘(f)(1) 
Committee 
on 
Education 
and
Labor:
‘‘(A) Measures relating to education, labor,
health, and public welfare.
‘‘(B) Aging.
‘‘(C) Agricultural colleges.
•HCON 90 IH
‘‘(D) Arts and humanities.
‘‘(E) Biomedical research and development.
‘‘(F) Child labor.
‘‘(G) Convict labor and the entry of goods made
by convicts into interstate commerce.
‘‘(H) Domestic activities of the American Na-
tional Red Cross.
‘‘(I) Equal employment opportunity.
‘‘(J) Gallaudet College, Howard University, and
Saint Elizabeths Hospital.
‘‘(K) Handicapped individuals.
‘‘(L) Labor standards and labor statistics.
‘‘(M) Mediation and arbitration of labor dis-
putes.
‘‘(N) Occupational safety and health, including
the welfare of miners.
‘‘(O) Private pension plans.
‘‘(P) Public health.
‘‘(Q) Railway labor and retirement.
‘‘(R) Regulation of foreign laborers.
‘‘(S) Student loans.
‘‘(T) Wages and hours of labor.
‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on
a comprehensive basis, matters relating to health, edu-
•HCON 90 IH
cation and training, and public welfare, and report thereon
from time to time.
‘‘(g)(1) Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources:
‘‘(A) Coal production, distribution, and utiliza-
tion.
‘‘(B) Energy policy.
‘‘(C) Energy regulation and conservation.
‘‘(D) Energy related aspects of deepwater ports.
‘‘(E) Energy research and development.
‘‘(F) Extraction of minerals from oceans and
Outer Continental Shelf lands.
‘‘(G) Hydroelectric power, irrigation, and rec-
lamation.
‘‘(H) Mining education and research.
‘‘(I) Mining, mineral lands, mining claims, and
mineral conservation.
‘‘(J) National parks, recreation areas, wilder-
ness areas, wild and scenic rivers, historical sites,
military parks and battlefields, and on the public do-
main, preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of
interest.
‘‘(K) Naval petroleum reserves in Alaska.
‘‘(L) Nonmilitary development of nuclear en-
ergy.
•HCON 90 IH
‘‘(M) Oil and gas production and distribution.
‘‘(N) Public lands and forests, including farm-
ing and grazing thereon, and mineral extraction
therefrom.
‘‘(O) Solar energy systems.
‘‘(P) Territorial possessions of the United
States, including trusteeships.
‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on
a comprehensive basis, matters relating to energy and re-
sources development, and report thereon from time to
time.
‘‘(h)(1) Committee on Environment and
Public Works:
‘‘(A) Air pollution.
‘‘(B) Construction and maintenance of high-
ways.
‘‘(C) Environmental aspects of Outer Continen-
tal Shelf lands.
‘‘(D) Environmental effects of toxic substances,
other than pesticides.
‘‘(E) Environmental policy.
‘‘(F) Environmental research and development.
‘‘(G) Fisheries and wildlife.
•HCON 90 IH
‘‘(H) Flood control and improvements of rivers
and harbors, including environmental aspects of
deepwater ports.
‘‘(I) Noise pollution.
‘‘(J) Nonmilitary environmental regulation and
control of nuclear energy.
‘‘(K) Ocean dumping.
‘‘(L) Public buildings and improved grounds of
the United States generally, including Federal build-
ings in the District of Columbia.
‘‘(M) Public works, bridges, and dams.
‘‘(N) Regional economic development.
‘‘(O) Solid waste disposal and recycling.
‘‘(P) Water pollution.
‘‘(Q) Water resources.
‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on
a comprehensive basis, matters relating to environmental
protection and resource utilization and conservation, and
report thereon from time to time.
‘‘(i)(1) Committee on Foreign Affairs:
‘‘(A) Acquisition of land and buildings for em-
bassies and legations in foreign countries.
‘‘(B) Boundaries of the United States.
‘‘(C) Diplomatic service.
•HCON 90 IH
‘‘(D) Foreign economic, military, technical, and
humanitarian assistance.
‘‘(E) Foreign loans.
‘‘(F) International activities of the American
National Red Cross and the International Commit-
tee of the Red Cross.
‘‘(G) International aspects of nuclear energy,
including nuclear transfer policy.
‘‘(H) International conferences and congresses.
‘‘(I) International law as it relates to foreign
policy.
‘‘(J) International Monetary Fund and other
international organizations established primarily for
international monetary purposes (except that, at the
request of the Committee on Banking, Finance and
Urban Affairs, any proposed legislation relating to
such subjects reported by the Committee on Foreign
Affairs shall be referred to the Committee on Bank-
ing, Finance and Urban Affairs).
‘‘(K) Intervention abroad and declarations of
war.
‘‘(L) Measures to foster commercial intercourse
with foreign nations and to safeguard American
business interests abroad.
•HCON 90 IH
‘‘(M) National security and international as-
pects of trusteeships of the United States.
‘‘(N) Oceans and international environmental
and scientific affairs as they relate to foreign policy.
‘‘(O) Protection of United States citizens
abroad and expatriation.
‘‘(P) Relations of the United States with for-
eign nations generally.
‘‘(Q) Treaties and executive agreements, except
reciprocal trade agreements.
‘‘(R) United Nations and its affiliated organiza-
tions.
‘‘(S) World Bank group, the regional develop-
ment banks, and other international organizations
established primarily for development assistance pur-
poses.
‘‘(2) Such committee shall also study and review, on
a comprehensive basis, matters relating to the national se-
curity policy, foreign policy, and international economic
policy as it relates to foreign policy of the United States,
and matters relating to food, hunger, and nutrition in for-
eign countries, and report thereon from time to time.
‘‘(j)(1) Committee on Governmental Af-
fairs:
‘‘(A) Archives of the United States.
•HCON 90 IH
‘‘(B) Budget and accounting measures, except
as provided in the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.
‘‘(C) Census and collection of statistics, includ-
ing economic and social statistics.
‘‘(D) Congressional organization, except for any
part of the matter that amends the rules or orders
of the House.
‘‘(E) Federal Civil Service.
‘‘(F) Government information.
‘‘(G) Intergovernmental relations.
‘‘(H) Municipal affairs of the District of Co-
lumbia.
‘‘(I) Organization and management of United
States nuclear export policy.
‘‘(J) Organization and reorganization of the ex-
ecutive branch of the Government.
‘‘(K) Postal Service.
‘‘(L) Status of officers and employees of the
United States, including their classification, com-
pensation, and benefits.
‘‘(2) Such committee shall have the duty of—
‘‘(A) receiving and examining reports of the
Comptroller General of the United States and of
submitting such recommendations to the House as it
•HCON 90 IH
deems necessary or desirable in connection with the
subject matter of such reports;
‘‘(B) studying the efficiency, economy, and ef-
fectiveness of all agencies and departments of the
Government;
‘‘(C) evaluating the effects of laws enacted to
reorganize the legislative and executive branches of
the Government; and
‘‘(D) studying the intergovernmental relation-
ships between the United States and the States and
municipalities, and between the United States and
international organizations of which the United
States is a member.
‘‘(k) Committee on House Administration:
‘‘(1) Appropriations from the contingent fund.
‘‘(2) Auditing and settling of all accounts which
may be charged to the contingent fund.
‘‘(3) Employment of persons by the House, in-
cluding clerks for Members and committees, and re-
porters of debates.
‘‘(4) Matters relating to the Library of Con-
gress and the House Library; statuary and pictures;
acceptance or purchase of works of art for the Cap-
itol; the Botanic Gardens; management of the Li-
brary of Congress, purchase of books and manu-
•HCON 90 IH
scripts; erection of monuments to the memory of in-
dividuals; except for construction or reconstruction,
maintenance, and care of the buildings and grounds.
‘‘(5) Matters relating to the Smithsonian Insti-
tution and the incorporation of similar institutions,
except for construction or reconstruction, mainte-
nance, and care of the buildings and grounds.
‘‘(6) Expenditure of contingent fund of the
House.
‘‘(7) Matters relating to printing and correction
of the Congressional Record.
‘‘(8) Measures relating to accounts of the
House generally.
‘‘(9) Measures relating to assignment of office
space for Members and committees.
‘‘(10) Measures relating to the disposition of
useless executive papers.
‘‘(11) Measures relating to the election of the
President, Vice President, or Members of Congress;
corrupt practices; contested elections; credentials
and qualifications; and Federal elections generally.
‘‘(12) Measures relating to services to the
House, including the House Restaurant, parking fa-
cilities and administration of the House Office
Buildings and of the House wing of the Capitol.
•HCON 90 IH
‘‘(13) Measures relating to the travel of Mem-
bers of the House.
‘‘(14) Measures relating to the raising, report-
ing and use of campaign contributions for can-
didates for office of Representative in the House of
Representatives and of Resident Commissioner to
the United States from Puerto Rico.
‘‘(15) Measures relating to the compensation,
retirement and other benefits of the Members, offi-
cers, and employees of the Congress.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preced-
ing provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight
function under clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have
the function of performing the duties which are provided
for in clause 4(d).
‘‘(l)(1) Committee on Intelligence, including
at least one Member from—
‘‘(A) the Committee on Armed Services;
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; and
‘‘(C) the Committee on the Judiciary.
‘‘(2) The majority leader of the House and the minor-
ity leader of the House shall be ex officio members of the
committee, but shall have no vote in the committee and
shall not be counted for purposes of determining a
quorum.
•HCON 90 IH
‘‘(3) No Member may serve on the committee for
more than six years of continuous service. To the greatest
extent practicable, at least four of the Members of the
House appointed to the committee at the beginning of
each Congress shall be Members of the House who did
not serve on such committee during the preceding Con-
gress.
‘‘(4) There shall be referred to the committee meas-
ures and other matters relating to the following:
‘‘(A) The Central Intelligence Agency and the
Director of Central Intelligence.
‘‘(B) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
‘‘(C) The National Security Agency.
‘‘(D) The intelligence and intelligence-related
activities of other agencies and subdivisions of the
Department of Defense.
‘‘(E) The intelligence and intelligence-related
activities of the Department of State.
‘‘(F) The intelligence and intelligence-related
activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in-
cluding all activities of the Intelligence Division.
‘‘(G) Any department, agency, or subdivision
which is the successor to any agency named in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), or (C); and the activities of any
department, agency, or subdivision which is the suc-
•HCON 90 IH
cessor to any department, agency, bureau, or sub-
division named in subparagraph (D), (E), or (F), to
the extent that the activities of such successor de-
partment, agency, or subdivision are activities de-
scribed in subdivision (D), (E), or (F).
‘‘(H) The organization or reorganization of any
department or agency of the Government to the ex-
tent that the organization or reorganization relates
to a function or activity involving intelligence or in-
telligence-related activities.
‘‘(m) Committee on the Judiciary:
‘‘(1) Apportionment of Representatives.
‘‘(2) Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and coun-
terfeiting.
‘‘(3) Civil liberties.
‘‘(4) Constitutional amendments.
‘‘(5) Federal courts and judges.
‘‘(6) Government information.
‘‘(7) Holidays and celebrations.
‘‘(8) Immigration and naturalization.
‘‘(9) Interstate compacts generally.
‘‘(10) Judicial proceedings, civil and criminal,
generally.
‘‘(11) Local courts in the territories and posses-
sions.
•HCON 90 IH
‘‘(12) Measures relating to claims against the
United States.
‘‘(13) National penitentiaries.
‘‘(14) Patent Office.
‘‘(15) Patents, copyrights, and trademarks.
‘‘(16) Protection of trade and commerce against
unlawful restraints and monopolies.
‘‘(17) Revision and codification of the statutes
of the United States.
‘‘(18) State and territorial boundary lines.
‘‘(n) Committee on Rules:
‘‘(1) The rules and joint rules (other than rules
or joint rules relating to the Code of Official Con-
duct), and order of business of the House.
‘‘(2) Recesses and final adjournments of Con-
gress.
The Committee on Rules is authorized to sit and act
whether or not the House is in session.
‘‘(o) Committee on Small Business:
‘‘(1) Matters relating to the Small Business Ad-
ministration.
‘‘(2) Any proposed legislation reported by such
committee which relates to matters other than the
functions of the Small Business Administration
shall, at the request of the chairman of any standing
•HCON 90 IH
recommendations, studies, investigations, and re-
ports which are provided for in clause 4(e), and the
functions designated in titles I and V of the Ethics
in Government Act of 1978 and sections 7342,
7351, and 7353 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(q) Committee on Veterans’ Affairs:
‘‘(1) Compensation of veterans.
‘‘(2) Life insurance issued by the Government
on account of service in the Armed Forces.
‘‘(3) National cemeteries.
‘‘(4) Pensions of all wars of the United States,
general and special.
‘‘(5) Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
‘‘(6) Soldiers’ and sailors’ civil relief.
‘‘(7) Veterans’ hospitals, medical care and
treatment of veterans.
‘‘(8) Veterans’ measures generally.
‘‘(9) Vocational rehabilitation and education of
veterans.
‘‘(r) Committee on Ways and Means:
‘‘(1) Bonded debt of the United States, except
as provided in the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.
‘‘(2) Customs, collection districts, and ports of
entry and delivery.
•HCON 90 IH
‘‘(3) Deposit of public moneys.
‘‘(4) General revenue sharing.
‘‘(5) Health programs under the Social Security
Act and health programs financed by a specific tax
or trust fund.
‘‘(6) National social security.
‘‘(7) Reciprocal trade agreements.
‘‘(8) Revenue measures generally, except as
provided in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
‘‘(9) Revenue measures relating to the insular
possessions.
‘‘(10) Tariffs and import quotas, and matters
related thereto.
‘‘(11) Transportation of dutiable goods.’’.
SEC. 102. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) RULE X.—(1) Clause 2 of rule X of the Rules
of the House of Representatives is amended—
(A) in paragraph (b)(1), by striking ‘‘the Com-
mittee on Appropriations and’’;
(B) in paragraph (b)(2), by striking ‘‘Govern-
ment Operations’’ and by inserting ‘‘Governmental
Affairs’’; and
(C) by repealing paragraph (3).
•HCON 90 IH
(2) Clause 3 of rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended—
(A) in paragraph (e), by inserting ‘‘Energy
and’’ before ‘‘Natural Resources’’;
(B) in paragraph (f), by striking ‘‘Science,
Space, and Technology’’ and inserting ‘‘Commerce,
Science, and Transportation’’; and
(C) in paragraph (h), by striking ‘‘Commerce’’
and inserting ‘‘Natural Resources’’.
(3) Clause 4 of rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended—
(A) in paragraph (a), by striking ‘‘Appropria-
tions’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the
Budget’’; and
(B) in paragraph (c), by striking ‘‘Government
Operations’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘Governmental Affairs’’.
(b) RULE XI.—(1) Clause 1 of rule XI of the Rules
of the House of Representatives is amended—
(A) in paragraph (g)(2), by striking ‘‘the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed
Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence’’ and inserting ‘‘the Committee on
Armed Services and the Committee on Intelligence’’;
•HCON 90 IH
(B) in paragraph (h)(2), by striking ‘‘the Com-
mittee on Appropriations,’’ and by striking the
comma after ‘‘Budget’’; and
(C) in paragraph (l)(1)(B), by striking the fol-
lowing: ‘‘does not apply to the reporting of a regular
appropriation bill by the Committee on Appropria-
tions prior to compliance with subdivision (C) and’’.
(2) Clause 4(a) of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘The Commit-
tee on Appropriations’’ and all that follows through the
first semicolon and by inserting after ‘‘1974’’ the follow-
ing: ‘‘and on joint resolutions continuing appropriations
for a fiscal year if reported after September 15 preceding
the beginning of such fiscal year’’.
(3) Clause 5 of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended—
(A) in paragraph (a), by striking ‘‘the Commit-
tee on Appropriations and’’; and
(B) in paragraph (d)(4), by striking ‘‘, except
for the Committee on Appropriations,’’.
(4) Clause 6 of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended—
(A) in paragraph (a)(2), by striking ‘‘Perma-
nent Select’’;
•HCON 90 IH
(B) in paragraph (a)(5), by striking ‘‘to the
Committee on Appropriations and’’;
(C) in paragraph (b)(2), by striking ‘‘Perma-
nent Select’’;
(D) in paragraph (b)(4), by striking ‘‘to the
Committee on Appropriations and’’; and
(E) in paragraph (d), by striking ‘‘hereby au-
thorized the Committee on Appropriations and’’.
(c) RULE XIII.—(1) Clause 1 of rule XIII of the
Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by
striking ‘‘general appropriation bills,’’.
(2) Clause 7 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended—
(A) in paragraph (A)(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year
in which it is reported’’ and inserting ‘‘first fiscal
year to which it applies’’; and
(B) in paragraph (d), by striking ‘‘the Commit-
tee on Appropriations,’’.
(d) RULE XX.—Rule XX of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘1.’’ and by re-
pealing clause 2.
(e) RULE XXI.—Rule XXI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended—
(1) by repealing clauses 2, 3, and 6;
•HCON 90 IH
(2) by redesignating clauses 4, 5, and 7 as
clauses 2, 3, and 4, respectively;
(3) by repealing paragraph (a) of clause 3 (as
redesignated) and by striking ‘‘(b)’’ in that clause;
and
(4) by striking ‘‘general appropriation bill’’ and
inserting ‘‘bill containing appropriations’’ in clause 4
(as redesignated).
(f) RULE XXVIII.—Clause 1(b) of rule XXVIII of
the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by
striking ‘‘(1)’’ and by repealing subparagraph (2).
(g) RULE XLVIII.—Rule XLVIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives is repealed.
TITLE 
II—JURISDICTIONS 
OF
STANDING COMMITTEES OF
THE SENATE
SEC. 201. ELIMINATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPRO-
PRIATIONS.
Paragraph 1(b) of rule XXV of the Standing Rules
of the Senate is repealed.
SEC. 202. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE STANDING
RULES OF THE SENATE.
øLANGUAGE TO BE SUPPLIED.¿
•HCON 90 IH
TITLE III—EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 301. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this resolution shall take
effect immediately before noon January 3, 1995.
Æ
HCON 90 IH——2
HCON 90 IH——3