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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 514
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to reduce the number
of programs covered by each general appropriation bill.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1996
Mr. SOLOMON 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 general
appropriation bill.
Resolved, That (a) rule XXI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the
following new clause:
‘‘9. (a) No provision shall be reported in any general
appropriation bill containing the regular appropriations
for any part of the Government for a fiscal year if the
provision contains the regular appropriations for any other
part of the Government for the fiscal year.
‘‘(b) For purposes of paragraph (a), the term ‘part
of the Government’ means any of the following, based on
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the jurisdictions of the subcommittees of the Committee
on Appropriations for the 104th Congress:
‘‘(1) Agriculture, rural development, Food and
Drug Administration, and related agencies with re-
spect to agriculture and rural development.
‘‘(2) Department of Commerce, Department of
Justice, Department of State, and Judiciary, and re-
lated agencies with respect to the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary.
‘‘(3) Department of Defense military functions.
‘‘(4) District of Columbia.
‘‘(5) Energy and water development.
‘‘(6) Foreign operations, export financing, and
related programs.
‘‘(7) Department of the Interior and related
agencies with respect to the Department of the Inte-
rior.
‘‘(8) Department of Labor, Department of
Health and Human Services, Department of Edu-
cation, and related agencies with respect to the De-
partments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education.
‘‘(9) Legislative Branch.
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‘‘(10) Military construction, family housing, and
base realignment and closure functions administered
by the Department of Defense.
‘‘(11) Department of Transportation and relat-
ed agencies with respect to the Department of
Transportation.
‘‘(12) Department of the Treasury, Executive
Office of the President, United States Postal Serv-
ice, independent agencies previously included in the
Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government
Appropriations Act, and governmentwide general
provisions.
‘‘(13) Department of Veterans Affairs.
‘‘(14) Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment and independent agencies previously in-
cluded in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act.’’.
(b) Clause 4(a) of rule X of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
‘‘(4) In the House, the suballocations (or subdivi-
sions) required to be made by the Committee on Appro-
priations by section 602(b)(1) or 302(b)(1) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be among its sub-
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committees, except that the Subcommittee on VA, HUD,
and Indpendent Agencies shall receive a separate sub-
allocation for the Department of Veterans Affairs and a
separate suballocation for the Department of Housing and
Urban Development and independent agencies previously
included in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen-
cies Appropriation Act.’’.
(c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
shall apply to general appropriation bills containing the
regular appropriations for any part of the Government for
fiscal year 1998 or any succeeding fiscal year.
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