[House Report 105-202]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 1st Session                                                    105-202
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 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2209, THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
                       APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 1998

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   July 24, 1997.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 197]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 197, by a record vote of 7 to 4, 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. 2209, 
the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, 1998'' under a 
modified closed 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 section 302 (prohibiting consideration of 
legislation which exceeds a committee's allocation of new 
entitlement authority) and section 308 (requiring a cost 
estimate in committee report on new entitlement authority) of 
the Budget Act against consideration of the bill. The rule also 
waives clause 2 (unauthorized appropriations and legislation on 
general appropriations bills) and clause 6 (prohibits 
reappropriation on general appropriations bills) of rule XXI 
against the bill.
    The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in 
this report accompanying the resolution. Each amendment will be 
considered only in the order printed in this report, will be 
offered by a Member designated in this report, will be 
debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided 
between the proponent and an opponent, will not be subject to 
amendment except as specified in this report, and will be 
protected from all points of order.
    The rule allows the Chair to postpone recorded votes and 
reduce to five minutes the minimum time for voting on any 
postponed votes, provided voting time on the first in any 
series of votes is not less than 15 minutes. Finally, the rule 
provides for one motion to recommit, with or without 
instructions.

                            committee votes

    Pursuant to clause 2(l)(2)(B) of House rule XI the results 
of each rollcall vote on an amendment or motion to report, 
together with the names of those voting for and against, are 
printed below:

Rules Committee Rollcall No. 59

    Date: July 24, 1997.
    Measure: Rule providing for consideration of H.R. 2209, the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 1998.
    Motion by: Mr. Moakley.
    Summary of motion: Make in order the Gejdenson amendment, 
which would be unamenable and which prohibits the availability 
of funds in the bill for any committee expenses if that 
committee expends funds in excess of the amounts specifically 
identified for and allocated to such committee under primary 
and supplemental expense resolutions for either session of the 
105th Congress, and prohibits the availability of funds in the 
bill for salaries of any employee who approves, certifies, or 
processes disbursement of reserve funds.
    Results: Defeated 4 to 7.
    Vote by Members: Dreier--Nay; Goss--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; McInnis--Nay; Hastings--Nay; Moakley--Yea; Frost--
Yea; Hall--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; Solomon--Nay.

Rules Committee Rollcall No. 60

    Date: July 24, 1997.
    Measure: Rule providing for consideration of H.R. 2209, the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 1998.
    Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter.
    Summary of motion: Make in order the Hoyer amendment which 
directs $150,000 to be reimbursed to the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service from the reserve fund, for its 
compliance with subpoenas issued by the House Oversight 
Committee to review its computer and paper files in comparison 
to the voter registration list of Orange County, California.
    Results: Defeated 4 to 7.
    Vote by Members: Dreier--Nay; Goss--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; McInnis--Nay; Hastings--Nay; Moakley--Yea; Frost--
Yea; Hall--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; Solomon--Nay.

Rules Committee Rollcall No. 61

    Date: July 24, 1997.
    Measure: Rule providing for consideration of H.R. 2209, the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 1998.
    Motion by: Mr. Dreier.
    Summary of motion: Order the rule reported.
    Results: Adopted 7 to 4.
    Vote by Members: Dreier--Yea; Goss--Yea; Pryce--Yea; Diaz-
Balart--Yea; McInnis--Yea; Hastings--Yea; Moakley--Nay; Frost--
Nay; Hall--Nay; Slaughter--Nay; Solomon--Yea.

 summary of amendments made in order under the rule for h.r. 2209, the 
              legislative branch appropriations bill, 1998

    Davis (VA)--10 minutes: Allows the Chief Administrative 
Officer (CAO) to directly donate surplus information technology 
equipment (computer, printer, file servers, etc.) to a public 
elementary or secondary school of the District of Columbia 
during FY 1998.
    Fazio--30 minutes: Eliminates the funds provided to 
increase the number of Joint Tax Committee staff, instead 
providing only a 2.8% COLA.
    Klug--10 minutes: Reduces the number of full-time 
equivalent (FTEs) staff work-years in the Government Printing 
Office (GPO).
    Roemer/Camp--10 minutes: Requires unexpended Congressional 
office funds in the Members' Representational Allowance to be 
returned directly to the U.S. Treasury at the end of each 
fiscal year for deficit reduction.

                  amendments made in order by the rule

1. The Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davis of Virginia or a 
            Designee, Debatable for Not To Exceed 10 Minutes

    Page 8, insert after line 5 the following new section:
    Sec. 106. Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1987 (as incorporated by reference in 
section 101(j) of Public Law 99-500 and Public Law 99-591) (2 
U.S.C. 117e) is amended--
          (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (2), by 
        striking ``A donation'' and inserting ``Except as 
        provided in paragraph (3), a donation'';
          (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
        paragraphs (4) and (5); and
          (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
        new paragraph:
    ``(3)(A) In the case of computer-related equipment, during 
fiscal year 1998 the Chief Administrative Officer may donate 
directly the equipment to a public elementary or secondary 
school of the District of Columbia without regard to whether 
the donation meets the requirements of the second sentence of 
paragraph (2), except that the total number of workstations 
donated as a result of this paragraph may not exceed 1,000.
    ``(B) In this paragraph--
          ``(i) the term `computer-related equipment' includes 
        desktops, laptops, printers, file servers, and 
        peripherals which are appropriate for use in public 
        school education;
          ``(ii) the terms `public elementary school' and 
        `public secondary school' have the meaning given such 
        terms in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965; and
          ``(iii) the term `workstation' includes desktops and 
        peripherals, file servers and peripherals, laptops and 
        peripherals, printers and peripherals, and workstations 
        and peripherals.
    ``(C) The Committee on House Oversight shall have authority 
to issue regulations to carry out this paragraph.''.

2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fazio of California, or 
                  a Designee, Debatable for 30 Minutes

    Page 8, line 18, strike ``$5,907,000'' and insert 
``$5,624,000''.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Klug of Wisconsin, or a 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Page 29, line 13, strike ``3,550 workyears'' and insert 
``3,200 workyears''.
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 4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Roemer of Indiana, or 
   Representative Camp of Michigan, or a Designee, Debatable for 10 
                                Minutes

    Page 37, insert before line 1 the following new section:
    Sec. 309. Any amount appropriated in this Act for ``HOUSE 
OF REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' 
Representational Allowances'' shall be available only for 
fiscal year 1998. Any amount remaining after all payments are 
made under such allowances for such fiscal year shall be 
deposited in the Treasury, to be used for deficit reduction.

                                
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