[House Report 109-219]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



109th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    109-219

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3132, CHILDREN'S SAFETY ACT OF 2005

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 September 13, 2005.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 436]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 436, 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 the consideration of H.R. 3132, 
the Children's Safety Act of 2005, under a modified 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 the Judiciary.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary 
now printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill 
for the purpose of amendment. The rule provides that the bill 
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule 
and that it shall be read by title.
    The rule makes in order only those amendments to the bill 
that are pre-printed in the Congressional Record or are pro 
forma amendments for the purpose of debate. The rule provides 
that each amendment printed in the Congressional Record may be 
offered only by the Member who caused it to be printed or a 
designee, and that each amendment shall be considered as read.
    Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of points of order is necessary because the 
committee report of Committee on the Judiciary (H. Rept. 109-
218) did not contain a cost estimate when it was filed on 
September 9, 2005, as required by clause 3(d) of rule XIII 
(requiring a cost estimate to accompany committee reports). It 
is anticipated that the Committee on the Judiciary will file a 
supplemental report containing a cost estimate from the 
Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday, September 13, 2005.

                                  
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