[House Report 108-630]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     108-630

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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 22 (legislative day, July 21), 2004.--Referred to the House 
                   Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 740]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 740, 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 the legislative day of July 22, 
2004, providing for consideration of a bill to provide an 
extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, 
transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust 
Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.

                                  
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