[House Report 107-171]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    107-171

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     PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2647, LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002

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   July 30, 2001.--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. 213]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 213, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                summary of provisions of the resolution

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2647, the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002, under a structured 
rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally 
divided and controlled by 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 4(c) of rule XIII (requiring the three-
day availability of printed hearings on a general 
appropriations bill).
    The rule waives points of order against provisions in the 
bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI 
(prohibiting unauthorized or legislative provisions in a 
general appropriations bill). The rule makes in order only the 
amendments printed in this report, which may be offered only in 
the order printed in this report, may be offered only by a 
Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for the time specified in this report 
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 division of the question in the House 
or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of 
order against the amendments printed in this report.
    Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.

           summary of amendments made in order under the rule

    Rothman: Provides resources from existing funds to allow 
House Members to request the installation of energy efficient 
compact fluorescent light bulbs in their offices.
    Traficant: States that anyone who has been convicted of 
violating the Buy American Act of 1933 will be barred from 
receiving any funds from the bill.
    Text of amendments made in order under the rule:

1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rothman of New Jersey, 
                or a Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Page 45, add after line 25 the following:
    Sec. 311. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the 
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives 
and the amounts made available in this Act for the Architect of 
the Capitol for the item relating to ``house office 
buildings'', an aggregate amount of $75,000 shall be made 
available for the installation of compact fluorescent light 
bulbs in table, floor, and desk lamps in House office buildings 
for offices of the House which request them (including any 
retrofitting of the lamps which may be necessary to install 
such bulbs), consistent with the energy conservation plan of 
the Architect under section 310 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1999.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Traficant of Ohio, or a 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    At the end of the bill (preceding the short title) insert 
the following new section:
    Sec.   . No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity 
that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 
U.S.C. 10a-10c).

                                  
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