[House Report 107-757]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     107-757

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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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October 16 (legislative day, October 15), 2002.--Referred to the House 
                   Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 587]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 587, by a non-record vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution waives clause 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 Wednesday, October 16, 2002, providing 
for the consideration or disposition of a joint resolution 
making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
2003.
    The rule further applies the waiver to any special rule 
reported on the legislative day of Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 
providing for consideration or disposition of Senate amendments 
to the bill (H.R. 5063) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide a special rule for members of the uniformed 
services in determining the exclusion of gain from the sale of 
a principal residence and to restore the tax exempt status of 
death gratuity payments to members of the uniformed services.

                                
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