[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 112 (Thursday, July 23, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H8592]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER RESOLUTION RAISING A QUESTION OF THE 
                        PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Madam Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of 
rule IX, I hereby notify the House of my intention to offer a 
resolution as to the question of privileges of the House.
  The form of my resolution is as follows:

       Whereas the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Broun submitted an 
     amendment to the Committee on Rules to H.R. 3288, the 
     Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010;
       Whereas the said gentleman's amendment would have required 
     that none of the funds made available in this Act be used for 
     bike paths;
       Whereas transportation appropriations have previously been 
     used to build and repair bike paths;
       Whereas the construction and repair of bike paths is not a 
     legitimate function of the federal government, since they do 
     not contribute to interstate transportation or interstate 
     commerce;
       Whereas the gentleman's amendment complied with all 
     applicable Rules of the House for amendments to 
     appropriations measures and would have been in order under an 
     open amendment process, but regrettably the House Democratic 
     leadership has dramatically and historically reduced the 
     opportunity for open debate on this Floor; and
       Whereas the Speaker, Mrs. Pelosi, the Democratic 
     leadership, and the chairman of the Committee on 
     Appropriations, Mr. Obey, prevented the House from voting on 
     the amendment by excluding it from the list of amendments 
     made in order under the rule for the bill: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That H. Res. 669, the rule to accompany H.R. 
     3288, be amended to allow the gentleman from Georgia's 
     amendment be considered and voted on in the House.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under rule IX, a resolution offered from the 
floor by a Member other than the majority leader or the minority leader 
as a question of the privileges of the House has immediate precedence 
only at a time designated by the Chair within 2 legislative days after 
the resolution is properly noticed.
  Pending that designation, the form of the resolution noticed by the 
gentleman from Georgia will appear in the Record at this point.
  The Chair will not at this point determine whether the resolution 
constitutes a question of privilege. That determination will be made at 
the time designated for consideration of the resolution.

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