On the recordDecember 9, 2015
I appeal the ruling of the Chair. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California should understand that the Chair has not ruled on the point of order. The Chair will now rule. The gentleman from Utah makes a point of order that the instructions proposed in the motion to recommit offered by the gentleman from California involve a subject matter different from the bill. Clause 7 of rule XVI, the germaneness rule, provides that no proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment. The bill addresses the boundary line between Texas and Oklahoma drawn by the Red River. Though the bill touches on a number of aspects of property management, it does so only with respect to a narrow geographic area. The amendment proposed in the motion to recommit makes a variety of changes to title 18 of the United States Code relating to the sale, possession, licensing, and distribution of firearms and explosives. It has no bearing on the land addressed in the underlying bill. The Chair finds that the amendment proposed in the motion to recommit goes beyond the subject matter of the underlying bill. It is, therefore, not germane. The point of order is sustained.
