[House Report 109-257]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



109th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    109-257

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WAIVING POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 
2744, AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 
              RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, FY 2006

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  October 27, 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. 520]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 520, 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 all points of order against the 
conference report to accompany H.R. 2744, Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006, and against its 
consideration. The resolution also provides that the conference 
report shall be considered as read.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order is necessary because the 
conference report was filed with the House on Wednesday, 
October 26, 2005 and it may be considered by the House as early 
as Friday, October 28, 2005, which would violate clause 8 of 
rule XXII (requiring a three-day layover of conference reports 
and the accompanying joint explanatory statement).