Deschler's Precedents > Chapter 28
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| Amendments and the Germaneness Rule |
TEXT 5K PDF 12K |
| Index to Precedents |
TEXT 327K PDF 447K |
| A. General Principles | |
| § 1. Introduction | TEXT 14K PDF 30K |
| § 2. Proposition to Which Amendment Must Be Germane | TEXT 197K PDF 288K |
| § 3. Amendment as Relating to Subject Matter Under Consideration | TEXT 409K PDF 605K |
| § 4. Committee Jurisdiction of Subject Matter as Test | TEXT 604K PDF 883K |
| § 5. Fundamental Purpose of Amendment as Test | TEXT 179K PDF 265K |
| § 6. Amendment Accomplishing Result of Bill by Different Method | TEXT 284K PDF 407K |
| § 7. Amendment Substituting Different Agency To Administer Provisions | TEXT 26K PDF 49K |
| § 8. Individual Proposition Offered as Amendment to Another Individual Proposition | TEXT 161K PDF 251K |
| § 9. General Amendments to Specific or Limited Propositions; Amendments Enlarging Scope of Proposition | TEXT 288K PDF 434K |
| § 10. Specific Amendments to General Propositions; Amendments as Within Scope | TEXT 103K PDF 161K |
| § 11. Amendment Adding to Two or More Propositions of Same Class | TEXT 214K PDF 317K |
| § 12. Amendment Extending Coverage of Bill to Other Subjects of Same Class | TEXT 56K PDF 93K |
| § 13. Proposition and Amendment as Affecting Different Classes of Persons or Entities | TEXT 104K PDF 163K |
| § 14. Amendments Conferring Powers Not Granted in Bill | TEXT 36K PDF 62K |
| § 15. Amendments to Appropriation Bills; Rescission Bills | TEXT 194K PDF 305K |
| § 16. Consent Calendar Bills | TEXT 3K PDF 15K |
| B. Application of Ruke to Particular Forms of Amendment or Proposition | |
| § 17. In General; Amendment to Special Rule; Amendment to Concurrent Resolution | TEXT 34K PDF 59K |
| § 18. Amendment Offered to Particular Paragraph, Section, or Title | TEXT 55K PDF 95K |
| § 19. Amendment Adding New Section or Title to Bill | TEXT 167K PDF 249K |
| § 20. Amendment Striking Portion of Text of Bill or Amendment | TEXT 32K PDF 60K |
| § 21. Substitute Amendment; Amendment in nature of Substitute; Amendment to Amendment | TEXT 138K PDF 204K |
| § 22. Committee Amendment | TEXT 10K PDF 21K |
| § 23. Instructions in Motion To Commit or Recommit | TEXT 63K PDF 105K |
| § 24. Amendment Proposing Permanent Legislation Offered to Temporary Legislation | TEXT 64K PDF 156K |
| C. House-Senate Relations | |
| § 25. Rule of Germaneness in the Senate | TEXT 10K PDF 20K |
| § 26. Senate Amendments to House Bills and Amendments; Conference Agreements | TEXT 202K PDF 316K |
| § 27. -- Amendment to Senate Amendment | TEXT 195K PDF 299K |
| § 28. Requirement That Amendments to Motions To Instruct Conferees Be Germane | TEXT 4K PDF 20K |
| D. Amendments Imposing Qualifications or Restrictions | |
| § 29. In General; Amendments Providing for Exceptions or Exemptions | TEXT 54K PDF 88K |
| § 30. Amendments Providing for Conditions or Qualifications | TEXT 181K PDF 274K |
| § 31. -- Amendment Postponing Effectiveness of Legislation Pending Contingency | TEXT 223K PDF 338K |
| § 32. Amendments Providing for Restrictions or Limitations | TEXT 71K PDF 114K |
| § 33. -- Amendments Affecting Powers Delegated in Bill | TEXT 182K PDF 271K |
| § 34. -- Restrictions on Use or Availability of Funds | TEXT 198K PDF 299K |
| E. Relation of Amendment or Bill to Existing Law | |
| § 35. Amendments to Bills Which Amend Existing Law | TEXT 522K PDF 767K |
| § 36. Amendment Repealing Existing Law to Bill Amending That Law | TEXT 14K PDF 32K |
| § 37. Amendments to Bills Which Repeal Existing Law | TEXT 49K PDF 80K |
| § 38. Amendments to Bills Which Incorporate Other Law or Matter | TEXT 14K PDF 26K |
| § 39. Amendments to Bills Extending Existing Law or Authority Under Existing Law | TEXT 172K PDF 255K |
| § 40. Amendment Continuing Temporary Law to Bill Amending That Law | TEXT 3K PDF 11K |
| § 41. Amendment Changing Existing Law to Bill Citing or Making Minor Revisions in That Law | TEXT 140K PDF 216K |
| § 42. Amendment Changing or Citing Existing Law to Bill Not Citing That Law | TEXT 336K PDF 493K |
| F. Procedural Matters | |
| § 43. Generally; Point of Order and Debate Thereon | TEXT 35K PDF 59K |
| § 44. Timeliness of Point of Order | TEXT 19K PDF 39K |
| § 45. Consideration Under Special Rule; Waiver of Points of Order; Effect on Germaneness Requirement | TEXT 80K PDF 125K |
| § 46. Factors in Chair's Ruling; Refusal by Chair To Rule; Anticipatory and Hypothetical Rulings | TEXT 33K PDF 59K |