Point of Order
December 18, 1974
Discrepancy with provisions of the ways and means resolution
Hon. James Jerome
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
With respect to the specific case, the provisions of the bill widen the class of items exempted from a tax without changing the tax itself or the general description of exemption contained in the ways and means resolution.
Standing Order 60(11), which establishes the relationship between the ways and means motions and bills, does not require that they be identical, but only that the bill be based on the ways and means motion.
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Holding
"A bill that widens a tax exemption is procedurally in order as long as it is based on the corresponding ways and means motion, even if its provisions are not identical to the motion."
AI Summary
The Speaker rules that a bill need only be based on, not identical to, its preceding ways and means motion to be procedurally in order.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Government Orders
- Significance
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High