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CHAPTER 25
Appropriation Bills
B. REPORTING AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATION BILLS TEXT
Sec. 10. General Appropriation Bills Considered by Unanimous Consent
Generally
Sec. 10.1 Consideration of a supplemental appropriation bill, without
the intervention of any point of order against the provisions of
the bill, was made in order on the following Tuesday or any day
thereafter, by unanimous consent.
On Dec. 6, 1967,<SUP>(9)</SUP> the following proceedings took
place:
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9. 113 Cong. Rec. 35164, 35165, 90th Cong. 1st Sess. See also the
unanimous-consent requests in Sec. 8, supra.
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Mr. [George H.] Mahon [of Texas]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous
consent that it may be in order on Tuesday next or any subsequent
day next week to consider a bill making supplemental appropriations
for fiscal year 1968 and that all points of order against the bill
or any provisions contained therein be considered as waived.
The Speaker: <SUP>(10)</SUP> Is there objection to the request
of the gentleman from Texas? . . .
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10. John W. McCormack (Mass.).
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Mr. Gerald R. Ford [of Michigan]: I am glad that point has just
been clarified. As I understand it, the reason for waiving points
of order is be
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cause the authorization bill for the Office of Economic Opportunity
will not have become law through the signature of the President at
the time specified? In other words, that is the only reason that
the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Mahon] asks to waive all points of
order?
Mr. Mahon: Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman from Ohio will yield
further, the gentleman from Michigan is correct. This is the only
reason for the request. There is nothing else that I can envisage
in the appropriation bill where a point of order might obtain.
Mr. [Frank T.] Bow [of Ohio]: Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my
reservation of objection.
The Speaker: Is there objection to the request of the gentleman
from Texas [Mr. Mahon].
There was no objection.
Three-day Availability Requirement
Sec. 10.2 Consideration of a supplemental appropriation bill was made
in order on the following Tuesday or any day thereafter, by
unanimous consent, despite the fact that the bill and report would
not be available for three calendar days as required by Rule XXI
clause 6 (now clause 7).
On Feb. 15, 1968,<SUP>(11)</SUP> a Member addressed Speaker John W.
McCormack, of Massachusetts, as follows, and proceedings ensued as
indicated below:
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11. 114 Cong. Rec. 3022, 3023, 90th Cong. 2d Sess.
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Mr. [George H.] Mahon [of Texas]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous
consent that the Committee on Appropriations may have until
midnight Monday, February 19, to file a privileged report on the
urgent supplemental appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1968.
The Speaker: Is there objection to the request of the gentleman
from Texas? . . .
Mr. Mahon: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to revise and
extend my remarks during the colloquy just held to make it in order
for the House to consider the urgent supplemental appropriations
bill for 1968 on Tuesday, February 20, or any day subsequent
thereto. . . .
The Speaker: Is there objection to the request of the gentleman
from Texas?
There was no objection.
Sec. 10.3 By unanimous consent, the rule [Rule XXI clause 6 (now clause
7)] prohibiting consideration of general appropriation bills until
printed committee hearings and the committee report have been
available for three days was waived.
On Sept. 12, 1962,<SUP>(12)</SUP> the following proceedings took
place:
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12. 108 Cong. Rec. 19237, 87th Cong. 2d Sess.
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Mr. [Otto E.] Passman [of Louisiana]: Mr. Speaker, I take this
time
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in order to announce that it is our intention to report the foreign
aid appropriation bill for 1963 to the House on Tuesday, September
18. I therefore now ask unanimous consent that the 3-day rule be
waived and that the bill be considered in the House on Thursday,
September 20.
The Speaker: <SUP>(13)</SUP> Is there objection to the request
of the gentleman from Louisiana?
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13. John W. McCormack (Mass.).
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There was no objection.