[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 332 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 332

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to apply the layover 
   requirements for conference reports during the last six days of a 
  session of Congress, to require that certain matter be included in 
 joint explanatory statements accompanying conference reports, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2003

 Mr. Isakson submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to apply the layover 
   requirements for conference reports during the last six days of a 
  session of Congress, to require that certain matter be included in 
 joint explanatory statements accompanying conference reports, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Resolved, That (a) clause 8(a) of rule XXII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives (relating to layover requirements for 
conference reports) is amended by striking ``(1) Except as specified in 
subparagraph (2), it'' and inserting ``It'' and by striking 
subparagraph (2).
    (b) Clause 8(b) of rule XXII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives (relating to layover requirements for amendments in 
disagreement) is amended by striking ``(1) Except as specified in 
subparagraph (2), it'' and inserting ``It'' and by striking 
subparagraph (2).
    (c) Clause 6(a)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives (relating to privileged reports by the Committee on 
Rules) is amended by striking ``or of clause 8''.
    (d) Rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
(relating to House and Senate relations) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new clause: ``13. It shall not be in order to 
consider a conference report to accompany a bill or joint resolution 
making or continuing appropriations unless--
            ``(1) the joint explanatory statement of the managers 
        includes a separate part that clearly sets forth each item of 
        appropriation added by the committee of conference to fund a 
        new program, project, or activity and the program, project, or 
        activity to which it relates; or
            ``(2) the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations 
        causes such matter to be printed in the Congressional Record 
        before consideration of the conference report.''.
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