That waiver was agreed to by the Committee on Rules without objection at the request of this gentleman from California and is needed to protect a provision in the bill as reported by the Committee on the Judiciary. That provision. offered by the gentleman from California . was approved by voice vote in that committee. The Moorhead amendment seeks to insure funds appropriated for fiscal year 1995 for the purposes of reimbursing States and local governments for the cost of incarcerating illegal aliens convicted of felonies are available to local as well as to State governments. The Moorhead amendment is. in fact. merely a restatement of existing law as approved in last years crime bill. No new spending is involved. as the gentleman from New York explained. so the waiver of clause 5(a). rule XXI. is a technical one as well.
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