Robert Aderholt: “The two paragraphs beginning on page 88, line 10, and all that follows through page 89, line 6, include unauthorized…”

“The two paragraphs beginning on page 88, line 10, and all that follows through page 89, line 6, include unauthorized appropriations in violation of clause 2 of House Rule XXI. The language I have just specified is an appropriation of $98 million for the necessary expenses for the National Endowment of the Arts. Authorization in law for the National Endowment for the Arts expired in fiscal year 1993. Clause 2 of House Rule XXI states ``No appropriation shall be reported in a general appropriations bill for any expenditure not previously authorized by law.'' Since the National Endowment of the Arts is clearly not authorized in law and the bill includes an appropriation of funds in this agency, I make a point of order that the language is in obvious violation of clause 2 of Rule XXI.”