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 Mr. ROBINsoN. Yes. I think it is substantially in that form. The only change
that has been made in the amendment is with reference to the time of the report
of the board. Of course, if the Senator chose to be that technical, I could very
easily remove that objection by changing the amendment so as to conform to the
exact date carried in the resolution. However, I do not anticipate anyone here
wishes to pursue that course.
 Mr. GLAS& Mr. President-
 Mr. ROBINSN. I yield to the Senator from Virginia.
 Mr. GLAss. I am not a parliamentarian. I have been here 34 years, and I
do not know any more about parliamentary practice today than when I came,
and therefore I am asking the Senator from Arkansas the question: Is it com-
petent for the Appropriations Committee of the Senate to make a point of order
against a provision in a House bill passed by the House?
 Mr. RomeiSoN. No.
 Mr. GLass. Therefore, we did not make the point of order against title II of
the bill It did not originate with the Senate committee. It came over from the
House.
 Mr. ROBINSON. But the Senator from Virginia is in error about that I had
not referred to the general legislation which is carried in the original House bill.
I had referred to and had taken note of the general legislation which the Senator
from Virginia reported when be reported the pending bill
 Mr. GLAss. I understood that was the position taken by the Senator from
Arkansas, but my friend the expert parliamentarian from Kentucky, Mr.
Barkley, took the position that the whole title was subject to a point of order.
 Mr. BAsx L. Oh, no, Mr. President. I did not take that position. I said
that because the House included title II, which is legislation, the amendment
to that legislative matter brought forward by the Senator from Arkansas is
not subject to a point of order.
 Mr. RosIsoN. If the other body incorporates general legislation, and general
 legislation comes here in an appropriation bill, it is subject to amendment in
 this body. The only valid question that can be raised is whether the proposed
 amendment is germane to the provision in the bill. I have said that over and
 over again, and yet for some reason' there are those on the floor of the Senate
 who do not seem to understand my position as I am endeavoring to define it.
 That is not the point upon which I rely. The point upon which I rely is that,
 aside from any question as to whether the rule which has been invoked con-
 templates that the Appropriations Committee can report in a general appropria-
 tion bill a provision for general legislation without subjecting itself to the
 danger of the penalty provided in the rule against general legislation in appro-
 priation bills, the committee has reported a provision which does constitute gen-
 eral legislation, and under every rule, both the Rules of the House of Repre-
 sentatives and the Rules of the Senate, we have the right to modify that pro-
 vision. The only legal limitation on that right found in our rules is whether
 the proposed modification is germane to the provision which it is sought to
 modify.
 I do not know how to make the matter any more clear. I avert and avoid
 questions as to whether a point of order would lie to the original provision
 reported by the Appropriations Committee, because that question is not here. I
 am directing my argument to the point of order made by the Senator from
 ColoradotMr. Adams]. His point is that I have offered a provision of general
 legislation to a general appropriation bill. My reply to him is that the pro-
 vision sought to be amended is itself general legislation and, therefore, subject
 to amendment The only limitation on the right to amend is whether the pro-
 posed amendment is germane to the provision which is under consideration. I
 have never gotten far enough to state why I think it is germane.
 Mr. LA FoLmarrT Mr. President-
 Mr. Roe NeoN. I yield to the Senator from Wisconsin.
 Mr. LA FoLarnm As I understand, the precedents are unbroken, particularly
 since the time of Vice President Marshall, that once the House enters a field of
 general legislation in an appropriation bill which it passes, then the provision
 of the Senate rules providing against general legislation on a general appropria-
 tion bill cannot be invoked to stop either the Senate committee or the Senate
 itself from continuing in that field of general legislation which has been invaded
 by the House.
 Mr. RomIsoN. So long as the continuation is germane.