[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 206 (Thursday, December 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H6947]
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                         PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY

  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, I note the next order of business is the 
conference report on H.R. 2670, and I wish to ask several points of 
parliamentary inquiry and maybe points of order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. PERRY. The rules of the House require that every bill must have a 
stated single purpose to be filed. Was such a statement filed, and if 
so, what is the single purpose of H.R. 2670?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not respond to hypothetical 
questions on measures not pending at this time.
  Mr. PERRY. The body can't ask a question as to what the stated single 
purpose of this conference report is?
  It is not a hypothetical.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will respond to parliamentary 
inquiries relating to a pending measure.
  Mr. PERRY. The pending measure is on the suspension of the rules for 
H.R. 2670.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. There is no measure pending at this time.


                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Mr. GRIFFITH. Mr. Speaker, point of parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman cannot be recognized for H.R. 2670 at 
this point, how does one comply with the section in rule XXII that says 
a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may raise a point of order 
against a nongermane matter as specified in subparagraph 2 before the 
commencement of debate?
  We have to do it before the debate starts or we have waited too long; 
is that not correct, Mr. Speaker?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. No Member has yet been recognized to even 
call up a measure.

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