[House Report 108-772]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     108-772
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  WAIVING 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 9 (legislative day, October 8), 2004.--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. 846]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 846, 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 or before the legislative day 
of November 20, 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 2005, an amendment thereto, or a conference report 
thereon; and (2) A bill or joint resolution making general 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 
an amendment thereto, or a conference report thereon.

                                  
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