[House Report 105-547]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     105-547
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  WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 4(b) OF RULE XI WITH RESPECT TO THE 
  SAME DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE RULES 
                               COMMITTEE

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May 22 (legislative day, May 21), 1998.--Referred to the House Calendar 
                       and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 445]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 445, 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 clause 4(b) of rule XI (requiring a 
two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is 
reported from the Rules Committee) against certain resolutions 
reported from the Rules Committee.
    The rule applies the waiver to a special rule reported on 
May 22, 1998, providing for consideration or disposition of 
H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity 
Act of 1997 (BESTEA), an amendment thereto, a conference report 
thereon, or an amendment reported in disagreement from a 
conference thereon.

                                
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