[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 560 Engrossed in House (EH)]
H. Res. 560
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
November 17, 2005.
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order
without intervention of any point of order to consider in the House the bill
(H.R. 4241) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a) of the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. The bill shall be
considered as read. The amendment printed in the report of the Committee on
Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopted. All points of
order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, to final
passage without intervening motion except: (1) two hours of debate equally
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on the Budget; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without
instructions.
Sec. 2. During consideration of H.R. 4241 pursuant to this resolution,
notwithstanding the operation of the previous question, the Chair may postpone
further consideration of the bill to a time designated by the Speaker.
Sec. 3. After passage of H.R. 4241, it shall be in order to take from the
Speaker's table S. 1932 and to consider the Senate bill in the House. All points
of order against the Senate bill and against its consideration are waived. It
shall be in order to move to strike all after the enacting clause of the Senate
bill and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 4241 as passed by the
House. All points of order against that motion are waived.
Sec. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution, the
amendment considered as adopted under the first section of this resolution shall
be modified as specified in section 5.
Sec. 5. The modification referred to in section 4 is as follows:
Page 13, strike lines 5 through 11, and insert the following:
``(a) Eligible Households.--The Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
2011 et seq.) is amended--
``(1) in section 5--
``(A) in the 2d sentence of subsection (a); and
``(B) in subsection (j);
by striking `receives benefits' each place it appears and
inserting `in fiscal years 2006 through 2010 receives cash
assistance, and in any other fiscal year receives benefits,';
``(2) in section 5(a) by adding at the end the following:
`Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act except sections 6(b),
6(d)(2), and 6(g) and section 3(i)(4), households in which each member
receives substantial and ongoing noncash benefits under a State program
funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
601 et seq.) provided for purposes of shelter, utilities, child care,
health care, transportation, or job training, and that have a monthly
income that does not exceed (before the exclusions and deductions
provided for in subsections (d) and (e)) 150 percent of the poverty
line, as defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), for the forty-eight contiguous States
and the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, the Virgin Islands of the
United States, and Guam, respectively, shall be eligible to participate
in the food stamp program.'; and
``(3) in section 5(j) by adding at the end the following:
`Notwithstanding subsections (a) through (i), a State agency shall
consider a member of a household in which each household member
receives substantial and ongoing noncash benefits under a State program
funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
601 et seq.) provided for purposes of shelter, utilities, child care,
health care, transportation, or job training, and which has a monthly
income that does not exceed (before the exclusions and deductions
provided for in subsections (d) and (e)) 150 percent of the poverty
line, as defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), for the forty-eight contiguous States
and the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, the Virgin Islands of the
United States, and Guam, respectively, to have satisfied the resource
limitations prescribed under subsection (g).'.''.
Page 331, at the end of line 13, add the following:
``Such method shall provide that not less than 25 percent of such funds
shall be allocated among States the population of which (as determined
according to data collected by the United States Census Bureau) as of
July 1, 2004, was more than 105 percent of the population of the
respective State (as so determined) as of April 1, 2000.''.
Attest:
Clerk.