Descher's Precedents, Chapter 28 -- Amendments and the Germaneness
Rule
94th Congress, 2d Session -- House Document No. 94-661
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| Amendments and the Germaneness Rule |
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| Index to Precedents
[Commentary and editing by Evan Hoorneman, J.D. Manuscript editing
by Joan Deschler Bamel.] |
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| A. General Principles |
| § 1. Introduction |
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| § 2. Proposition to Which Amendment
Must Be Germane |
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| § 3. Amendment as Relating to Subject Matter Under
Consideration |
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| § 4. Committee Jurisdiction of
Subject Matter as Test |
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| § 5. Fundamental Purpose of Amendment as Test |
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| § 6. Amendment Accomplishing
Result of Bill by Different Method |
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| § 7. Amendment Substituting Different Agency To
Administer Provisions |
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| § 8. Individual Proposition Offered
as Amendment to Another Individual Proposition |
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| § 9. General Amendments to Specific
or Limited Propositions; Amendments Enlarging Scope of Proposition |
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| § 10. Specific Amendments to
General Propositions; Amendments as Within Scope |
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| § 11. Amendment Adding to Two or More Propositions
of Same Class |
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| § 12. Amendment Extending Coverage
of Bill to Other Subjects of Same Class |
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| § 13. Proposition and Amendment as Affecting Different
Classes of Persons or Entities |
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| § 14. Amendments Conferring Powers
Not Granted in Bill |
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| § 15. Amendments to Appropriation Bills;
Rescission Bills |
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| § 16. Consent Calendar Bills |
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| B. Application of Ruke to Particular
Forms of Amendment or Proposition |
| § 17. In General; Amendment to Special Rule; Amendment
to Concurrent Resolution |
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| § 18. Amendment Offered
to Particular Paragraph, Section, or Title |
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| § 19. Amendment Adding New Section or Title to
Bill |
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| § 20. Amendment Striking Portion
of Text of Bill or Amendment |
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| § 21. Substitute Amendment; Amendment
in nature of Substitute; Amendment to Amendment |
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| § 22. Committee Amendment |
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| § 23. Instructions in Motion To Commit
or Recommit |
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| § 24. Amendment Proposing Permanent
Legislation Offered to Temporary Legislation |
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| C. House-Senate Relations |
| § 25. Rule of Germaneness in the Senate |
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| § 26. Senate Amendments to House
Bills and Amendments; Conference Agreements |
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| § 27. -- Amendment to Senate Amendment |
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| § 28. Requirement That Amendments
to Motions To Instruct Conferees Be Germane |
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| D. Amendments Imposing Qualifications
or Restrictions |
| § 29. In General; Amendments Providing for Exceptions
or Exemptions |
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| § 30. Amendments Providing for
Conditions or Qualifications |
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| § 31. -- Amendment Postponing Effectiveness of
Legislation Pending Contingency |
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| § 32. Amendments Providing for
Restrictions or Limitations |
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| § 33. -- Amendments Affecting Powers Delegated
in Bill |
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| § 34. -- Restrictions on Use
or Availability of Funds |
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| E. Relation of Amendment or Bill
to Existing Law |
| § 35. Amendments to Bills Which Amend Existing
Law |
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| § 36. Amendment Repealing Existing
Law to Bill Amending That Law |
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| § 37. Amendments to Bills Which Repeal Existing
Law |
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| § 38. Amendments to Bills Which
Incorporate Other Law or Matter |
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| § 39. Amendments to Bills Extending Existing Law
or Authority Under Existing Law |
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| § 40. Amendment Continuing Temporary
Law to Bill Amending That Law |
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| § 41. Amendment Changing Existing Law to Bill Citing
or Making Minor Revisions in That Law |
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| § 42. Amendment Changing or Citing
Existing Law to Bill Not Citing That Law |
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| F. Procedural Matters |
| § 43. Generally; Point of Order and Debate Thereon |
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| § 44. Timeliness of Point of
Order |
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| § 45. Consideration Under Special Rule; Waiver
of Points of Order; Effect on Germaneness Requirement |
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| § 46. Factors in Chair's Ruling;
Refusal by Chair To Rule; Anticipatory and Hypothetical Rulings |
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