[House Report 104-678]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     104-678
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 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3814, THE COMMERCE, JUSTICE, 
  STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

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   July 16, 1996.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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    Ms. Pryce, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 479]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 479, by a non-record vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

               Brief Summary of Provisions of Resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 3814, 
the ``Commerce, Justice, State and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 1997'' under an open rule. 
The rule provides one hour of general debate divided equally 
between the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations.
    The rule waives points of order against consideration of 
the bill for failure to comply with clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI 
(the three-day availability of the report), and clause 7 of 
rule XXI (the three-day requirement for availability of printed 
hearings and reports on appropriation bills).
    The rule also provides for the consideration, before any 
other amendment, of the amendment printed in this report, if 
offered by Mr. Rogers of Kentucky or his designee, which shall 
be considered as read, shall be debatable for 10 minutes, 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be 
subject to a demand for a division of the question in the House 
or the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of 
order against this amendment.
    The rule further waives points of order against provisions 
in the bill (other than those under the Department of Commerce, 
Science and Technology, the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, the matter under the heading ``Industrial 
Technology Services'' that begins with ``In addition'' and 
continues through `'Working Capital Fund''; and under the 
Department of Commerce, the heading ``Technology 
Administration'' and the matter thereunder) for failure to 
comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized 
appropriations and legislation on general appropriations bills) 
or clause 6 of rule XXI (prohibiting transfers of unobligated 
balances).
    The rule accords priority in recognition to those 
amendments that are pre-printed in the Congressional Record.
    The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and to 
reduce to five minutes the voting time on a postponed question 
if the vote follows a fifteen minute vote.
    The rule provides that a motion to rise and report the bill 
to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted and 
shall have precedence over a motion to amend, if offered by the 
Majority Leader or a designee after the reading of the final 
lines of the bill.
    Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit, with 
or without instructions.
    Explanation of Rogers amendment:
          (1) Provide flexibility to California to use state 
        prison grant funds to fully fund the cost of 
        incarcerating illegal aliens in the State;
          (2) Allow Economic and Development Administration 
        funding to be used for Trade Adjustment Assistance 
        Centers, as has been the case in past years;
          (3) Increase funding for the National Marine 
        Sanctuaries program by $1.68 million to last year's 
        level, offset by decreasing funding for satellites by 
        the same amount; and
          (4) Provide $2 million for the Commission on the 
        Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement recently 
        authorized under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death 
        Penalty Act of 1996.

                The Amendment made in order by the rule

    The Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rogers of 
Kentucky or his Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes:
    In title I, under the heading ``Violent Crime Reduction 
Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement'', after ``and of 
which $12,500,000 shall be available for the Cooperative 
Agreement Program'' insert the following: ``: Provided further, 
That funds made available for Violent Offender Incarceration 
and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants to the State of 
California may, at the discretion of the recipient, be used for 
payments for the incarceration of criminal aliens''.
    In title II, under the heading ``Economic Development 
Administration, Economic Development Assistance Programs'', 
after ``September 30, 1982,'' insert the folowing: ``and for 
trade adjustment assistance,''.
    In title II, under the heading ``National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Operations, Research, and 
Facilities'', strike ``$180,975,000'' and insert 
``$182,660,000'', and strike ``$431,582,000'' and insert 
``$429,897,000''.
    In title V, after the matter under the heading 
``Administrative Provisions--Maritime Administration'', insert 
the following:

       ``Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement

                        ``Salaries and Expenses

    ``For necessary expenses of the Commission on the 
Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement, as authorized by the 
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998.''.