[House Report 108-766]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     108-766
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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 8 (legislative day of October 7), 2004.--Referred to the House 
                   Calendar and ordered to be printed

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   Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 834]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 834, 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 Friday, 
October 8, 2004, providing for consideration or disposition of 
a conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4567) making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

                               Resolution

    Resolved, That the requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII 
for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee 
on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House is waived 
with respect to any resolution reported on the legislative day 
of October 8, 2004, providing for consideration or disposition 
of a conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4567) making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.