Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives with respect to a point of order against consideration of legislation reported by a committee (or a related amendment) which does not list congressional earmarks or limited tax or tariff benefits (and the name of the requesting Member), or a statement that the proposition contains none.
Declares that, as disposition of such a point of order, the Chair shall put the question of consideration with respect to the measure, and it shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the Member initiating the point of order and for 10 minutes by an opponent. Declares further, however, that the question shall otherwise be decided without intervening motion except one that the House adjourn.
[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 479 Introduced in House (IH)]
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 479
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for
enforcement of clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 12, 2007
Mr. Boehner (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Putnam, Mr. McCotter, Ms.
Granger, Mr. Carter, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Dreier, and Mr. Cantor)
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee
on Rules
_______________________________________________________________________
RESOLUTION
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for
enforcement of clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives.
Resolved, That clause 9(c) of Rule XXI is amended to read as
follows:
``(c) As disposition of a point of order under paragraph
(a), the Chair shall put the question of consideration with
respect to the bill, joint resolution, or conference report, or
amendment described in paragraph (a)(3). The question of
consideration shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the Member
initiating the point of order and for 10 minutes by an
opponent, but shall otherwise be decided without intervening
motion except one that the House adjourn.''.
<all>
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Llama 3.2 · runs locally in your browser
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line