[House Report 108-615]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     108-615

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    PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4850, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005

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   July 19, 2004.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 724]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 724, 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 provides for consideration of H.R. 4850, the 
District of Columbia Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2005, 
under an open rule. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The 
rule waives all points of order against consideration of the 
bill.
    Under the rules of the House the bill shall be read for 
amendment by paragraph. The rule waives points of order against 
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or 
legislative provisions in an appropriations bill), except as 
specified in the resolution. The rule authorizes the Chair to 
accord priority in recognition to Members who have preprinted 
their amendments in the Congressional Record. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of clause 4(a) of rule XIII 
(requiring a three-day layover of the committee report), 
because the report (H. Rept. 108-610) did not become available 
until July 19, 2004, and the bill may be considered by the 
House as early as July 20, 2004. The waiver of clause 2 of rule 
XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative 
provisions in an appropriations bill) is needed because there 
are numerous legislative provisions included in the bill.

                                  
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