The Inter-Residence Hall Association parliament narrowly passed a bill supporting a storage policy committee. After more than an hour of deliberation and questioning over the constitutionality of the bill Thursday night, the committee was approved by an 11-10-3 vote. Union Drive Association Vice President Jeff Greiner said the committee will help represent the students’ ideas on residence hall storage policy to the Department of Residence. “We’ll give people the backing of IRHA to the Department of Residence instead of just having a group of students go up to them,” he said. “We feel that there is a problem with the blanket policy and how it is affecting the students.” Greiner said the committee, which will be made up of IRHA members, will have three weeks to come up with ideas and solutions to change the current policy. Currently, the policy allows residents to store extra furniture, shelving and mattresses in double-as-single rooms. In double rooms, only chairs and compacted boxes can be stored. “The general consensus is that the committee will meet once, go to the Department of Residence, come up with a final draft and then present it to [IRHA],” he said. IRHA President Paul Duncan said the committee would be able to get more things done by seeking representation from IRHA. “We’re trying to make IRHA as efficient as possible,” he said. “If they don’t come back after three weeks, I will not back them.” Jonathon Weaver, Towers Residence Association president, said he was against the bill because the policy does not pose a problem for residents living in his association. “The correct way would be to write a bill with your recommendation and then send it to the Department of Residence,” he said. “This is not a time-critical matter, and it’s an association problem. No one in Towers cares about this problem; we’ve never had a problem with storage.” Weaver said he researched the constitution and found that the bill violated the IRHA Constitution. He said the bill infringes on the jobs of the associations and declared that the bill was out of order, according to Article 1, Section B. “It violates the IRHA Constitution by interfering with association business,” he said. However, Richardson Court Association At-Large Chris Knight said the bill was constitutional. “If we did this association to association, it would be difficult and confusing,” said Knight, co-author of the bill. “Having one policy presented to the Department of Residence would make it a lot easier.” After hearing opposing views, IRHA Vice President Steve Skutnik proposed that the parliament vote on whether or not to throw out the bill. The bill survived with a vote of 16-7-1. “I don’t feel that the bill interferes with the associations,” Skutnik said. “IRHA tackles university-wide residence hall policy and frequently makes recommendations to the Department of Residence.”