[House Report 107-612]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     107-612

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 WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 6(a) OF RULE XIII WITH RESPECT TO THE 
  SAME DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE RULES 
                               COMMITTEE

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  July 25 (legislative day of July 24), 2002.--Referred to the House 
                   Calendar and ordered to be printed

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    Ms. Pryce, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 501]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 501, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution waives clauses 6(a) of rule XIII (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 any special rule reported on the legislative day of 
Thursday, July 25, 2002, providing for consideration or 
disposition of the bill (H.R. 5005) to establish the Department 
of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

                                
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