[House Report 109-144]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



109th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    109-144

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     PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2985, LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006

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   June 21, 2005.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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  Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 334]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 334, 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. 2985, the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006, 
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 all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule provides that the bill shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives points of order against 
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or 
legislative provisions in an appropriations bill). The rule 
makes in order only those amendments printed in this report.
    The rule provides that the amendments printed in this 
report 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.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of clause 4( c) of rule XIII 
(requiring a three-day availability of printed hearings on a 
general appropriation bill). The waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI 
(prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative 
provisions in an appropriations bill) is necessary because 
there are numerous legislative provisions included in the bill.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of 
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together 
with the names of those voting for and against, are printed 
below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 82

    Date: June 21, 2005.
    Measure: H.R. 2985, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2006.
    Motion by: Mr. McGovern.
    Summary of motion: To make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers for the amendment offered by Representative 
Tierney, which establishes a select committee to study, among 
other things, the bidding, contracting, and auditing standards 
in the issuance of government contracts to conduct activities 
in Iraq and Afghanistan; the oversight procedures and forms of 
payment and safeguards against money laundering; the 
accountability of contractors and government officials involved 
in procurement; and the allocation of contracts to foreign 
companies and small businesses.
    Results: Defeated 3 to 8.
    Vote by Members: Diaz-Balart--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; 
Putnam--Nay; Capito--Nay; Cole--Nay; Bishop--Nay; Gingrey--Nay; 
McGovern--Yea; Hastings (FL)--Yea; Matsui--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

Rules Committee record vote No. 83

    Date: June 21, 2005.
    Measure: H.R. 2985, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2006.
    Motion by: Mr. McGovern.
    Summary of motion: To make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers for the amendment offered by Representative 
Hoyer, which redirects $5 million for the Architect of the 
Capitol (AoC)'s 2006 budget to the Government Accountability 
Office's 2006 budget to enable the GAO to establish a satellite 
office in the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.
    Results: Defeated 3 to 8.
    Vote by Members: Diaz-Balart--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; 
Putnam--Nay; Capito--Nay; Cole--Nay; Bishop--Nay; Gingrey--Nay; 
McGovern--Yea; Hastings (FL)--Yea; Matsui--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

           SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE

    (Summaries derived from information provided by sponsor.)
    1. Baird: Strikes Title III, relating to Continuity in 
Representation. (10 minutes)
    2. Davis (VA), Jo Ann: (Strikes the language in the bill 
prohibiting the Capitol Police from operating a mounted horse 
unit, and requiring the transfer of the current horses and 
equipment to the U.S. Park Police. (10 minutes)
    3. Flake/Blumenauer: Decreases GPO Congressional Printing 
and Binding budget by $5.4 million. Reduces the ``Congressional 
Record program'' by $5.4 million. Intended to address the 
excess number of copies of the Congressional Record that are 
printed (i.e. reducing the number of copies printed daily from 
6000 to 1000. (10 minutes)
    4. McCaul: Decreases the GPO Congressional Printing and 
Binding funds by $2 million and increases Capitol Police 
general expenses funds (for security equipment, weapons, etc.) 
by $2 million. Intended to address the excess and unsolicited 
copies of bills, resolutions, and amendments that GPO prints 
and distributes to each sponsor and original co-sponsor. (10 
minutes)
    5. Hefley: Reduces the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Bill by 1%. (10 minutes)

                    TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

 1. Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Baird of Washington, or 
              His Designee, To Be Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 44, strike line 4 and all that follows through page 49, 
line 25.
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2. Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, 
            or Her Designee, To Be Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Strike section 1002.
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 3. Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Flake of Arizona, or His 
                Designee, To Be Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 35, line 22, insert ``(reduced by $5,400,000)'' after 
``$88,090,000''.
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 4. Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCaul of Texas, or His 
                Designee, To Be Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 9, line 23, insert ``(increased by $2,000,000)'' after 
``$29,345,000''.
  Page 35, line 22, insert ``(reduced by $2,000,000)'' after 
``$88,090,000''.
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5. Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hefley of Colorado, or His 
                Designee, To Be Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of title II the following new section:
  Sec. 210. Each amount appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated 
or otherwise made available by a provision of law is hereby 
reduced by 1 percent.

                                  
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