[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 476 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 476

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to reduce the number 
        of programs covered by each regular appropriation bill.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 1996

 Mr. Stupak submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to reduce the number 
        of programs covered by each regular appropriation bill.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF PROGRAMS COVERED BY EACH REGULAR 
              APPROPRIATION BILL.

    (a) In General.--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, or shall be in order as an 
amendment thereto, if the provision or amendment 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 the jurisdictions of 
the subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations for the 104th 
Congress:
            ``(1) Agriculture.
            ``(2) Rural development.
            ``(3) Food and Drug Administration.
            ``(4) Related agencies with respect to agriculture and 
        rural development.
            ``(5) Department of Commerce.
            ``(6) Department of Justice.
            ``(7) Department of State.
            ``(8) Judiciary.
            ``(9) Related agencies with respect to the Departments of 
        Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary.
            ``(10) Department of Defense military functions.
            ``(11) District of Columbia.
            ``(12) Energy and water development.
            ``(13) Foreign operations, export financing, and related 
        programs.
            ``(14) Department of the Interior.
            ``(15) Related agencies with respect to the Department of 
        the Interior.
            ``(16) Department of Labor.
            ``(17) Department of Health and Human Services.
            ``(18) Department of Education.
            ``(19) Related agencies with respect to the Departments of 
        Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.
            ``(20) Legislative Branch.
            ``(21) Military construction, family housing, and base 
        realignment and closure functions administered by the 
        Department of Defense.
            ``(22) Department of Transportation.
            ``(23) Related agencies with respect to the Department of 
        Transportation.
            ``(24) Department of the Treasury.
            ``(25) Executive Office of the President, United States 
        Postal Service, independent agencies previously included in the 
        Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations 
        Act, and governmentwide general provisions.
            ``(26) Department of Veterans Affairs.
            ``(27) Department of Housing and Urban Development.
            ``(28) Independent agencies previously included in the 
        Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
        Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 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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