An amendment to authorize the Secretary of Education to expend funds from succeeding fiscal year appropriations to meet insufficiencies which may occur in any preceding fiscal year.

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Amendment Number
477
Description
An amendment to authorize the Secretary of Education to expend funds from succeeding fiscal year appropriations to meet insufficiencies which may occur in any preceding fiscal year.
Purpose
Amendment sought to require the Secretary of Education to borrow from future years appropriations to cover any funding shortfalls for the Pell Grant loan program in a current year. \ A point of order was sustained against the amendment on the grounds that it violates clause 5(a) of the Rules of the House in that it proposes an appropriation during consideration of a bill reported by a committee not having jurisdiction over such appropriations.
Congress
102
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Mar 26, 1992
Latest Action Text
Mr. Goodling raised a point of order against the Williams amendment (A031). Mr. Goodling stated that the provisions of the amendment would require the expenditure of funds on appropriations previously made. The Chair sustained the point of order.
Latest Action Time
17:26:17
Submitted Date
Mar 26, 1992
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jun 7, 2021
Amendment 477 — Informed