[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 786 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 786

  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that 
general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs 
                 be considered as stand-alone measures.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2007

     Mr. Gingrey (for himself, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Lewis of 
California, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Burton 
     of Indiana, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. McKeon, Mr. 
 Bilirakis, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. David Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Franks of 
 Arizona, Mrs. Drake, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Poe, Mr. Jones of 
   North Carolina, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Walberg, Mr. 
    Bilbray, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Pearce, Mr. English of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Boozman, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. 
  Hulshof, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Akin) 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 require that 
general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs 
                 be considered as stand-alone measures.

    Resolved, That rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
``Stand-alone requirement for military construction and veterans' 
              affairs appropriations
    ``11. It shall not be in order to consider any bill or joint 
resolution, or conference report thereon, containing appropriations 
within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life 
and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on 
Appropriations if such measure also contains appropriations within the 
jurisdiction of any other subcommittee of that committee. The preceding 
sentence shall not apply to any measure making supplemental 
appropriations or to any measure continuing appropriations for a period 
of not to exceed 60 days.''.
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