[House Report 104-615]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     104-615
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  WAIVING POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY 

                   HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 178, 
 
    THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

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   June 10, 1996.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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    Mr. Dreier, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 450]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 450, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

               brief summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution waives all points of order against the 
conference report to accompany House Concurrent Resolution 178, 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997, 
and against its consideration. The rule provides that the 
conference report will be considered as read. The rule provides 
one hour of debate on the conference report, equally divided 
between the chairman and ranking minority member of the Budget 
Committee.
    The rule waives all points of order against the conference 
report and its consideration as a matter of precaution. The 
general waiver includes a waiver of the three day availability 
requirement (clause 2(a), rule XXVIII). The rule provides for 
one hour of debate on the conference report instead of the five 
hours called for under section 305(a) of the Budget Act. A 
review of budget conference report rules over recent years 
reveals that eight of the nine rules granted provided for one 
hour of debate on the conference reports. The exception was in 
1990 when the special rule provided for two hours of debate on 
the budget resolution conference report.
    Finally, the rule does not address the issue of a motion to 
recommit because, under section 305(a)(6) of the Budget Act, 
``A motion to recommit the conference report is not in order, 
and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which 
the conference report is agreed to or disagreed to.''

                                
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