[House Report 109-159]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



109th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    109-159

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES, AND FOR 
                             OTHER PURPOSES

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   June 29, 2005.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 345]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 345, 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 that suspensions will be in order 
at any time on the legislative day of Thursday, June 30, 2005. 
The rule further provides that the Speaker or his designee 
shall consult with the Minority Leader or her designee on any 
suspension considered under the rule.
    Section 2 of the resolution provides that it shall be in 
order, any rule of the House to the contrary notwithstanding, 
to consider concurrent resolutions providing for adjournment of 
the House and Senate during the month of July. Section 310(f) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 prohibits the House 
from considering an adjournment resolution for more than three 
days in the month of July unless the House has acted on 
reconciliation pursuant to the budget resolution. Even though 
the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2006 
(H. Con. Res. 95) does not contemplate House action on 
reconciliation legislation until September of 2005, section 
310(f) is still applicable. Therefore, Section 2 of the 
resolution is necessary in order to allow the House to adjourn 
for longer than three days during the month of July.

                                  
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