[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 8, Chapter 26]
[Chapter 26. Unauthorized Appropriations; Legislation on Appropriation Bills]
[B. Appropriations for Unauthorized Purposes]
[Â§ 12. Commerce]
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                               CHAPTER 26
 
    Unauthorized Appropriations; Legislation on Appropriation Bills
 
              B. APPROPRIATIONS FOR UNAUTHORIZED PURPOSES
 
Sec. 12. Commerce

Census Bureau Data

Sec. 12.1 The law authorizing the Director of the Bureau of the Census 
    to compile and publish a census of manufacturers, mineral 
    industries, and other businesses was held sufficiently broad to 
    authorize an appropriation for publishing monthly reports on coffee 
    stocks on hand in the United States.

    On May 24, 1955,(11) the Committee of the Whole was 
considering H.R. 6367, a Department of

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Commerce and related agencies appropriation bill. The following 
proceedings took place:
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        Mrs. [Leonor Kretzer] Sullivan [of Missouri]: Mr. Chairman, I 
    offer an amendment.
        The Clerk read as follows:

            Amendment offered by Mrs. Sullivan: On page 2, line 12, 
        strike out ``$6,200,000'' and insert in lieu thereof the 
        following: ``$6,225,000, of which $25,000 shall be for the 
        purpose of gathering and publishing monthly reports of coffee 
        stocks on hand in the United States.''

        Mr. [Frank T.] Bow [of Ohio]: Mr. Chairman, I make a point of 
    order against the amendment that it places additional 
    responsibilities upon the Secretary to publish monthly reports. I 
    find no basic legislation which would authorize this sort of a 
    survey to be made.
        The Chairman: (12) Does the gentlewoman from 
    Missouri care to be heard on the point of order?
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        Mrs. Sullivan: Yes, Mr. Chairman.
        Under Public Law 671 of the 80th Congress, it has been 
    authorized that these reports and statistics be made. I had a 
    letter from the Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 
    stating that they are authorized to make this study, but they do 
    not have sufficient funds. I looked this matter up last year when 
    the same thing was before the House.
        Mr. Bow: Mr. Chairman, I will reserve the point of order. . .
        Mrs. Sullivan: Mr. Chairman, my amendment is intended to close 
    a serious gap in our statistical information involving America's 
    biggest import item--coffee. Everyone knows how we were victimized 
    from late 1953 to mid-1954 and thereafter by a fake shortage of 
    coffee. Hoarding and speculation ran rampant, and the consumer was 
    held up and robbed. Hundreds of millions of dollars were taken out 
    of the pockets of American consumers in tribute to a shortage which 
    never existed. . . . Also in this connection I wish to include as 
    part of my remarks a letter [sent to Mrs. Sullivan by the Director 
    of the Bureau of the Census]:

            Dear Mrs. Sullivan: This is in reply to your letter 
        concerning the Census Bureau and coffee statistics dictated 
        over the phone to my secretary today.
            You ask what the Census Bureau can or will do in regard to 
        collecting statistics on coffee supplies in the United States. 
        The answer in general is that the Census Bureau has the legal 
        authority but lacks the appropriation to conduct a monthly 
        survey on coffee stocks in the hands of importers and roasters. 
        Under the law if the data are gathered more often than once a 
        year the filing of a return is wholly voluntary.
            The cost of compiling a monthly report on coffee stocks in 
        the hands of importers and roasters would be approximately 
        $25,000 to $30,000 per annum. The exact figure would depend 
        largely on the amount of effort which would have to be expended 
        in obtaining returns and in keeping the mailing list up-to-
        date. Incidentally, a quarterly survey would cost approximately 
        $10,000 per annum.
            The only appropriation made to the Census Bureau which 
        could be legally employed to finance a coffee survey would be 
        the item ``salaries and expenses.'' There is currently no 
        provision in this item for a coffee survey. . . .

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            The Bureau will be glad to consider conducting a quarterly 
        coffee stock reporting program in the coming fiscal year 
        provided there is general concurrence amongst the interested 
        agencies of the Government that this is a desirable project in 
        relation to other projects as yet unfinanced, and as indicated 
        above, provided that the continued cooperation of holders of 
        the coffee stocks can be obtained. . . .

        The Chairman: The gentleman from Ohio makes a point of order 
    against the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Missouri on 
    the ground that it is legislation on an appropriation bill and not 
    authorized.
        The gentlewoman from Missouri supports her contention by citing 
    Public Law 671 of the 80th Congress. The Chair has had opportunity 
    to refer to this public law. It states that the Director of the 
    Bureau of the Census is authorized to ``compile and publish 
    censuses of manufacturers, mineral industries, and other 
    businesses.'' The Chair is of opinion that the language of this 
    section is sufficiently broad to cover the proposed amendment, and 
    that the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Missouri is in 
    order.
        The point of order is overruled.

Sample Surveys of Labor Force

Sec. 12.2 Sample surveys by the Census Bureau to estimate the size and 
    characteristics of the nation's labor force and population were 
    conceded to be unauthorized by law, and a point of order against 
    language providing therefore was upheld.

    On Mar. 16, 1945,(13) during consideration in the 
Committee of the Whole of a general appropriation bill (H.R. 2603), a 
point of order was raised against the following provision:
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        The Clerk read as follows:

            Compiling census reports and so forth: For salaries and 
        expenses necessary for securing information for and compiling 
        and publishing the census reports provided for by law, the 
        collection, compilation and periodic publication of statistics 
        showing United States exports and imports, (and for sample 
        surveys throughout the United States for the purpose of 
        estimating the size and characteristics of the Nation's labor 
        force and population, including personal services at the seat 
        of government. . . .)

        Mr. [Robert F.] Jones [of Ohio]: Mr. Chairman, I make the point 
    of order against the language on page 56, beginning with the words 
    ``and for'' in line 12, continuing through lines 13, 14, and 15, 
    and so much of line 16 up to and including the word ``Government'' 
    on the ground that it is legislation on an appropriation bill. 
    There is no authority in law for it.
        Mr. [Louis C.] Rabaut [of Michigan]: Mr. Chairman, I concede 
    the point of order.
        The Chairman: (14) The point of order is sustained.
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Investigations by Tariff Commission

Sec. 12.3 The proponent of an amendment to provide funds

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    for the Commission on Tariffs to make investigations abroad ``to 
    determine the wage levels, cost of production and working 
    conditions on articles imported to assist the committee in 
    processing claims for injury by domestic producers,'' having the 
    burden of showing authority for the appropriation, could cite no 
    authorization therefor, and the amendment was held not to be in 
    order. At a later time, the proponent cited the proper 
    authorization and the amendment was considered by unanimous 
    consent.

    On May 7, 1957,(15) during consideration in the 
Committee of the Whole of a supplemental appropriation bill (H.R. 
7221), a point of order was raised against the following amendment:
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        Mr. [Cleveland M.] Bailey [of West Virginia]: Mr. Chairman, I 
    offer an amendment.
        The Clerk read as follows:

            Amendment offered by Mr. Bailey: Page 4, line 5, strike out 
        ``$25,000'' and insert ``$50,000. Of this amount the sum of 
        $25,000 is to be used to make necessary investigations abroad 
        to determine the wage levels, costs of production and working 
        conditions on articles imported from abroad to assist the 
        Commission in processing claims for injury by domestic 
        producers under section 7 of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements 
        Act.''. . .

        Mr. [Prince H.] Preston [Jr., of Georgia]: Mr. Chairman, I make 
    a point of order against the amendment on the ground that there is 
    no authority for the Tariff Commission to make an investigation 
    abroad into the working conditions under which foreign commodities 
    are produced.
        The Chairman: (16) will the gentleman from West 
    Virginia cite to the Chair the authority for the Commission to make 
    an investigation?
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        Mr. Bailey: Mr. Chairman, the original item of $25,000 in the 
    proposal before us now covers not only the payment of salaries but 
    covers the payment of expenses, and I say this would be an expense 
    on the Tariff Commission and, therefore, it is germane to the 
    statement in the appropriations.
        The Chairman: The Chair was inquiring as to the authority of 
    the Commission to make the investigation that the amendment 
    contemplates.
        Mr. Bailey: They have the authority to make investigations. 
    They have no money to make it. I was trying to give them some 
    money.
        The Chairman: Do they have authority to make investigations 
    abroad?
        Mr. Bailey: Well, why not?
        The Chairman: The Chair is asking the question of the 
    gentleman.
        Mr. Bailey: I could not advise the Chairman to that effect. 
    But, I do not see why they should be limited to this country 
    because apparently nobody else is. If somebody wants some 
    information, they go abroad and get it. I

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    think the Tariff Commission should be afforded the same 
    opportunity. Members of the Congress, if you want to sit idly by 
    and see the major part of your small American industry, which is 
    the backbone of our country, driven out of business, you just 
    ignore a proposition like this.
        The Chairman: In view of the fact that there is no authority 
    cited for the Commission to make the investigations contemplated in 
    the amendment, the Chair sustains the point of order.

    Parliamentarian's Note: After the reading of the bill for 
amendment, but prior to the rising of the Committee of the Whole, the 
proponent of the amendment found authority in law for the proposed 
investigations and, by unanimous consent, the amendment was reoffered 
and considered. Mr. Bailey stated:

        Mr. Chairman, I think I owe it to my colleagues in the House to 
    make clear to them that the Tariff Commission does have authority 
    to make investigations abroad and I shall take a part of the time 
    allotted to me in support of this amendment to read section 704 of 
    the basic Tariff Act of 1916. It reads as follows:

            That the commission shall have power to investigate the 
        tariff relations between the United States and foreign 
        countries, commercial treaties, preferential provisions, 
        economic alliances, the effect of export bounties and 
        preferential transportation rates, the volume of importations 
        compared with domestic production and consumption, and 
        conditions, causes, and effects relating to competition of 
        foreign industries with those of the United States, including 
        dumping and cost of production.

        So it is clearly evident that the Tariff Commission does have 
    authority to make these investigations abroad.

Scientific and Technological Aid for Business

Sec. 12.4 Language in a Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and 
    the Judiciary appropriation bill providing appropriations ``for 
    necessary expenses in the performance of activities and services 
    relating to technological development as an aid to business in the 
    development of foreign and domestic commerce'' was conceded to be 
    unauthorized by law.

    On May 14, 1947,(17) the Committee of the Whole was 
considering H.R. 3311. At one point the Clerk read as follows, and 
proceedings ensued as indicated below:
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        Technical and scientific services: For necessary expenses in 
    the performance of activities and services relating to 
    technological development as an aid to business in the development 
    of foreign and domestic commerce, including all the objects for 
    which the appropriation ``Salaries and expenses, office of the 
    Secretary,'' is available (not to exceed

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    $25,000), for services as authorized by section 15 of the act of 
    August 2, 1946 (Public Law 600), and not to exceed $60,000 for 
    printing and binding, $1,700,000, of which not to exceed $500,000 
    may be transferred to the National Bureau of Standards for testing 
    and other scientific studies.
        Mr. [Leslie C.] Arends [of Illinois]: Mr. Chairman, a point of 
    order. I make a point of order against the language on lines 3 to 
    14, inclusive, on page 42 that it is legislation on an 
    appropriation bill and not authorized by law.
        Mr. [Karl] Stefan [of Nebraska]: Mr. Chairman, we concede the 
    point of order.
        The Chairman: (18) The point of order is conceded, 
    and the Chair sustains the point of order.
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Officials' Expenses

Sec. 12.5 Language in an appropriation bill providing for maintenance 
    and operation of air navigation facilities, appropriating ``not to 
    exceed 3 cents per mile for travel in privately owned automobiles 
    within the limits of their official posts of duty, of employees 
    engaged in the maintenance and operation of remotely controlled 
    air-navigation facilities,'' was ruled out as unauthorized when the 
    manager of the bill conceded the point of order.

    On Mar. 16, 1945,(19) during consideration in the 
Committee of the Whole of a general appropriation bill (H.R. 2603), a 
point of order was raised against the following provision:
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        Maintenance and operation of air-navigation facilities: For 
    necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of air-navigation 
    facilities and air-traffic control, including personal services in 
    the District of Columbia and elsewhere; purchase (not to exceed 
    15), hire, maintenance, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying 
    automobiles; and not to exceed 3 cents per mile for travel, in 
    privately owned automobiles within the limits of their official 
    posts of duty, of employees engaged in the maintenance and 
    operation of remotely controlled air-navigation facilities; 
    $24,000,000. . . .
        Mr. [Edward H.] Rees [of Kansas]: Mr. Chairman, I make the 
    point of order against the language beginning with the words ``and 
    not'', appearing on page 58, line 25, down to and including the 
    word ``facilities'' on page 59, line 4, on the ground that it is 
    legislation on an appropriation bill.
        Mr. [Louis C.] Rabaut [of Michigan]: I concede the point of 
    order, Mr. Chairman.
        The Chairman: (20) the Chair sustains the point of 
    order.
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Earmarking for ``Attendance at Meetings''

Sec. 12.6 An appropriation, for the office of the Secretary of

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    Commerce, for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations 
    concerned with the work of the office of the Secretary is 
    authorized by law.

    On Mar. 16, 1945,(1) the Committee of the Whole was 
considering H.R. 2603, an appropriation bill for the Federal Loan 
Agency and the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the 
Judiciary. The following proceedings took place:
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        Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses of the office 
    of the Secretary of Commerce (hereafter in this title referred to 
    as the Secretary) including personal services in the District of 
    Columbia . . . not exceeding $2,000 for expenses of attendance at 
    meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the office of 
    the Secretary; $570,000. . . .
        Mr. [Louis C.] Rabaut [of Michigan]: Mr. Chairman, that is 
    covered by title V, section 83. . . .
        Mr. [John] Taber [of New York]: Mr. Chairman, section 83 of 
    title V is a restriction upon the use of funds carried in an 
    appropriation bill. It is not in any sense an authority to the 
    Appropriations Committee to make any appropriation. It simply says 
    that none of the funds that are appropriated for any purpose shall 
    be used for attendance at meetings unless there is specific 
    appropriation for that purpose. It in no way and in no manner 
    attempts or does authorize any appropriation to be made for the 
    purpose of attendance at meetings. . . .
        The Chairman: (2) the Chair is ready to rule.
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        It is the opinion of the Chair that the language referred to by 
    the gentleman from New York, which the Chair desires to read for 
    the information of the committee, permits the appropriation 
    contained in the language objected to by the gentleman from 
    Pennsylvania.
        The Chair will read the language:

            No money appropriated by any act shall be expended for 
        membership fees or dues of any officer or employee of the 
        United States or of the District of Columbia in any society or 
        association or for expenses of attendance by any person at any 
        meeting or convention of members of any society or association 
        unless such fees or expenses are authorized to be paid by 
        specific appropriation for such purposes or are provided for in 
        express terms in some general appropriation.

        The Chair will rule, unless the gentleman from New York desires 
    to be heard further.
        Mr. Taber: Mr. Chairman, I would like to say that the language 
    the Chair has read is prohibitive language, designed to prevent the 
    use of general funds for the purpose of attendance at meetings.
        It does not in any way authorize appropriations to be made, and 
    they can only be made as the result of language which is specific 
    for that purpose. It seems to me, Mr. Chairman, that language does 
    not in any way authorize anything to be done.

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        The Chairman: The Chair must hold, however, that the language 
    referred to in the latter part of the sentence clearly permits the 
    Committee on Appropriations to specifically, in express language, 
    appropriate for attendance at meetings of organizations as carried 
    in the bill on page 54, lines 19, 20, and 21, and therefore 
    overrules the point of order made by the gentleman from New York.

Civilian Conservation Corps; Liquidation Expenses of

Sec. 12.7 The House having refused to appropriate funds for the 
    continuance of the Civilian Conservation Corps, an amendment making 
    an appropriation for the liquidation of the Civilian Conservation 
    Corps was held authorized.

    On June 5, 1942,(3) the Committee of the Whole was 
considering H.R. 7181, a Labor Department and federal security 
appropriation. At one point the Clerk read as follows, and proceedings 
ensued as indicated below:
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        Amendment offered by Mr. [Malcolm C.] Tarver [of Georgia]: On 
    page 18, line 1, after the title ``Civilian Conservation Corps'', 
    insert ``For all necessary expenses to provide for the liquidation 
    of the Civilian Conservation Corps as authorized under the 
    provisions of the act of June 28, 1937, as amended (16 U.S.C. ch. 
    3A), including personal service in the District of Columbia and 
    elsewhere; the conservation and disposition of all of the property 
    of whatever type in use by said Civilian Conservation Corps, 
    including camp buildings, accessories, equipment, and machinery of 
    all types, and for such travel and other necessary expenses as may 
    be incurred in connection with the conservation and liquidation of 
    said Civilian Conservation Corps, $500,000.''
        Mr. [Francis H.] Case of South Dakota: Mr. Chairman, a point of 
    order.
        The Chairman: (4) the gentleman will state it.
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        Mr. Case of South Dakota: Mr. Chairman, I make the point of 
    order that there is no authority in law for the liquidation of the 
    Civilian Conservation Corps.
        The Chairman: The Chair overrules the point of order.

Authorization Not Yet Signed into Law

Sec. 12.8 Funds in a general appropriation bill for expenses of the 
    National Fire Prevention and Control Administration were conceded 
    to be unauthorized by law for fiscal 1979 and were ruled out in 
    violation of Rule XXI clause 2.

    On June 14, 1978,(5) during consideration in the 
Committee of the

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Whole of the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary 
appropriation bill (H.R. 12934), a point of order was raised and 
sustained against the following provision:
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        The Clerk read as follows:

              National Fire Prevention and Control Administration

                   operations, research, and administrations

            For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
        Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended, 
        $15,660,000, to remain available until expended.

        Mr. [John H.] Rousselot [of California]: Mr. Chairman, on the 
    basis of clause 2, rule XXI, I make the point of order that this is 
    an unauthorized appropriation, and has not been authorized by law.
        The Chairman: (6) Does the gentleman from West 
    Virginia (Mr. Slack) desire to be heard on the point of order?
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        Mr. [John M.] Slack: Mr. Chairman, I concede the point of 
    order.
        The Chairman: The point of order is conceded and sustained.
        The paragraph is stricken from the bill.

    Parliamentarian's Note: At the time this appropriation bill was 
considered, both Houses had passed the annual authorization bill for 
fiscal 1979 but it was not signed into law until Oct. 5, 1978 (Public 
Law No. 95-422).

Sec. 12.9 Funds for necessary expenses of the National Bureau of 
    Standards (including amounts for the standard reference data 
    program) in a general appropriation bill were conceded to be 
    unauthorized by law for fiscal 1979 and were ruled out in violation 
    of Rule XXI clause 2.

    On June 14, 1978,(7) during consideration in the 
Committee of the Whole of the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, 
and the Judiciary appropriation bill (H.R. 12934), a point of order was 
sustained against the following provision:
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        The Clerk read as follows:

                         Science and Technical Research

                 scientific and technical research and services

            For necessary expenses of the National Bureau of Standards 
        including the acquisition of buildings, grounds, and other 
        facilities; and the National Technical Information Service; 
        $82,780,000, to remain available until expended, of which not 
        to exceed $3,300,000 may be transferred to the ``Working 
        Capital Fund'', National Bureau of Standards, for additional 
        capital.

        Mr. [John H.] Rousselot [of California]: Mr. Chairman, on the 
    basis of clause 2, rule XXI, I make a point of order that this is 
    an unauthorized ap

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    propriation and has not been authorized by law.
        The Chairman: (8) Does the gentleman from West 
    Virginia care to be heard on the point of order?
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        Mr. [John M.] Slack [of West Virginia]: Mr. Chairman, I concede 
    the point of order.
        The Chairman: The point of order is conceded and sustained.

    Parliamentarian's Note: At the time this appropriation bill was 
considered in the House, both Houses had passed a three-year 
authorization bill for the standard reference data program in the 
Bureau of Standards, but it was not signed into law until July 21, 1978 
(Public Law No. 95-322).

Sec. 12.10 Pursuant to law (15 USC Sec. 57c) for fiscal years ending 
    after 1977, there may be appropriated to carry out the functions of 
    the Federal Trade Commission only such sums as the Congress may 
    thereafter authorize by law (thus requiring specific subsequently 
    enacted authorizations for the operations of the Commission and not 
    permitting appropriations under Rule XXI clause 2 to be authorized 
    by the ``organic statute'' creating the Commission); appropriations 
    for the functions of the Federal Trade Commission for fiscal 1979 
    were conceded not to be authorized by law and were ruled out in 
    violation of Rule XXI clause 2.

    On June 14, 1978,(9) during consideration in the 
Committee of the Whole of H.R. 12934 (Departments of State, Justice, 
Commerce, and the Judiciary appropriation for fiscal 1979), a point of 
order was sustained against the following provision in the bill:
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        The Clerk read as follows:

            For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, 
        including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
        U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire 
        of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $1,500 for 
        official reception and representation expenses; $63,600,000. . 
        . .

        Mr. [Elliott] Levitas [of Georgia]: Mr. Chairman, I make a 
    point of order against page 42, lines 1 through 20, based on rule 
    XXI, clause 2, of the rules of the House. Mr. Chairman, there is 
    currently no authorization for the Federal Trade Commission, and as 
    such the language in this bill providing for the Federal Trade 
    Commission is not in order.
        Mr. [John M.] Slack [of West Virginia]: I concede the point of 
    order, Mr. Chairman.
        The Chairman: (10) The point of order is conceded, 
    sustained, and the paragraph is stricken.
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Sec. 12.11 Pursuant to law (19 USC Sec. 1330(e)), appropriations for 
    the International Trade Commission must be specifically authorized 
    by laws enacted after 1975; funds in a general appropriation bill 
    for the International Trade Commission were conceded to be 
    unauthorized by law for fiscal 1979 and were ruled out in violation 
    of Rule XXI clause 2.

    On June 14, 1978,(11) during consideration of H.R. 12934 
(Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary 
appropriation for fiscal 1979), a point of order was sustained against 
the following provision:
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        For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, 
    including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as 
    authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,800,000.
        Mr. [John H.] Rousselot [of California]: Mr. Chairman, on the 
    basis of rule XXI, clause 2, I make a point of order that this is 
    an unauthorized appropriation and has not been authorized by law.
        Mr. [John M.] Slack [of West Virginia]: Mr. Chairman, I concede 
    the point of order.
        The Chairman: (12) The point of order is conceded, 
    sustained, and the paragraph is stricken.
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