Clarifying the application of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to certain retrenchments of expenditures in appropriations measures, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hres-1472
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-11-15
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-11-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution reinstates the Holman Rule (allowing amendments to appropriations legislation that would reduce the salary of, or eliminate, specific federal employees or cut a specific program).</p>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1472 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 15, 2022 Mr. Cawthorn submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Clarifying the application of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to certain retrenchments of expenditures in appropriations measures, and for other purposes.

1. Reinstatement of Holman Rule During the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, any reference in clause 2 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to a provision or amendment that retrenches expenditures by a reduction of amounts of money covered by the bill shall be construed as applying to any provision or amendment (offered after the bill has been read for amendment) that retrenches expenditures by— (1) the reduction of amounts of money in the bill; (2) the reduction of the number and salary of the officers of the United States; or (3) the reduction of the compensation of any person paid out of the Treasury of the United States.