DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE FLORIDA CANAL 421

 I have made no point of order against the committee amendment, nor has
any other Senator. What the committee apparently is seeking to do, or what
the Senator from Colorado is seeking to, do by the committee amendment, is
to enact general legislation on an appropriation bill and then take advantage
of the rule of the Senate to prevent any Senator from changing or having an
opportunity to change that amendment.
 Mr. Noazrs. Mr. President-
 Mr. Row~ soN. I yield to the Senator from Nebraska.
 Mr. Noasza. The Senator's contention seems to me to be reasonable. The
committee amendment itself is subject to a point of order. Does the Senator
agree to that?
 Mr. RoBINmoN. Certainly; it is legislation.
 Mr. Noams. Then I wish to ask the Senator, as a practical matter, if the
committee amendment is subject to a point of order-and I make the suggestion
in order to save time as much as for anything else; for the Senator's amend-
ment, of course, will excite a great deal of discussion and consume considerable
time-would we not be wasting our time, knowing that, whether the Senator's
amendment shall be agreed to or not, the entire provision is going to be subject
to a point of order and that a point of order will certainly be made by some
Senator opposing the amendment? Would we not be wasting our time to go
ahead with the amendment?
 Mr. FPLaroi s. Mr. President-
 Mr. RoBNsoN. I yield to the Senator from Florida.
 Mr. FLxrcHm May I call attention to the rule, which reads:
 "Or resolution previously passed by the Senate during that session; or unless
 the same be moved by direction of a standing or select committee of the Senate."
 This amendment has been moved by a standing committee of the Senate.
 Mr. NoanIS. Yes; but It is not a committee amendment. The committee is sub-
 ject to the rules of the Senate, and cannot report an amendment-
 Mr. FLBronHI The amendment has been reported by a standing committee.
 Mr. Nomars. Which, if offered by a Senator, would be subject to a point of
 order and itself escape, the only difference being under the rules of the Senate
 that when the committee proposes an amendment subject to a point of order on
 these grounds, and the point of order is sustained, the entire bill goes back to
 the committee.
 Mr. Flronam. I do not think the committee amendment is subject to a point
 of order, because it has been reported.
 Mr. RomNsoN. The committee amendment has been reported by a standing
 committee of the Senate, the Apopopriations Committee. The amendment to
 the committee amendment has also been reported by a standing committee of
 the Senate, the Committee on Commerce. The Senate Committee on Appro-
 priations saw fit to incorporate legislation in this bill. Having done that,
 having brought in an amendment that otherwise would be subject to a point of
 order-that is to say, if the committee had not reported the amendment, the
 committee cannot now be heard to make a point of order against an amend-
 ment that is germane to its amendment.
 Mr. Glass and Mr. Clark addressed the Chair.
 The PRBmESNG Ornmn Does the Senator from Arkansas yield; and if so,
 to whom?
 Mr. RoaBINON. I yield first to the Senator from Virginia.
 Mr. GLAs. As chairman of the Appropriations Committee, it was my opinion,
 and I so stated, that the proposal was legislation and subject to a point of
 order, and, that under the rules of the Senate, the committee had no right to
 report this amendment to the bill, because when the committee acted there
 had been no action by any standing committee of the Senate, and the Committee
 on Appropriations has no right under the practice, as I have observed it for 16
 years, and under rule XVI of the Senate, to incorporate legislation in an
 appropriation bill.
 Mr. RowaNSON. But it did do it.
 Mr. GLAss. I know it did; and, therefore, In my judgment, it is subject to a
 point of order.
 Mr. LA FoLLrrE. Mr. President-
 Mr. RomNSON. I yield to the Senator from Wisconsin.
 Mr. LA oEtarrm. The provision concerning general legislation is to be found
 in paragraph 2 of rule XVI and has nothing whatever to do with whether or
 not it is proposed by a standing committee of the Senate. The rule is abso-