[House Report 108-399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    108-399

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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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 November 21, 2003.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
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    Mr. Linder, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 465]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 465, 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 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 or before the legislative day 
of January 31, 2004, providing for consideration or disposition 
of any of the following measures: (1) a bill or joint 
resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
2004, any amendment thereto, or any conference report thereon; 
or (2) a bill or joint resolution making general appropriations 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, any amendment 
thereto, or any conference report thereon.

                                
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