[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 514 Introduced in House (IH)]







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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 1996

 Mr. Solomon 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 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 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 respect to 
        agriculture and rural development.
            ``(2) Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, 
        Department of State, and Judiciary, and related 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 Interior.
            ``(8) Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human 
        Services, Department of Education, and related agencies with 
        respect to the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
        and Education.
            ``(9) Legislative Branch.
            ``(10) Military construction, family housing, and base 
        realignment and closure functions administered by the 
        Department of Defense.
            ``(11) Department of Transportation and related agencies 
        with respect to the Department of Transportation.
            ``(12) Department of the Treasury, 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.
            ``(13) Department of Veterans Affairs.
            ``(14) Department of Housing and Urban Development and 
        independent agencies previously included 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 subdivisions) required 
to be made by the Committee on Appropriations by section 602(b)(1) or 
302(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be among its 
subcommittees, except that the Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Indpendent 
Agencies shall receive a separate suballocation 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 Agencies 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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