[House Report 109-281]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



109th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    109-281

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4241, DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT OF 2005

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  November 9, 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. 542]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 542, 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. 4241, 
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, under a closed rule. The rule 
provides two hours of debate in the House equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on the Budget.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment printed in 
this report shall be considered as adopted. The rule waives all 
points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The 
rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
    Finally, section 2 of the rule provides that, 
notwithstanding the operation of the previous question, the 
Chair may postpone further consideration of the bill to a time 
designated by the Speaker.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of clause 4(a) of rule XIII 
(requiring a three-day availability of the committee report). 
The waiver is necessary because the Committee on the Budget 
filed its report (H. Rept. 109-276) on November 7, 2005 and it 
is not yet available.

            SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT TO BE CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    (Summary provided by the amendment sponsor.)
    Nussle: Agriculture Committee title: modifies the food 
stamp eligibility requirement by granting an exception from the 
7-year residency requirement for persons with lawful permanent 
residence in the United States for at least 5 years upon 
enactment who are over 60, or who have pending applications for 
U.S. citizenship. Resources Committee title: strikes the 
provision allowing oil and natural gas leasing in a portion of 
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and strikes provisions 
allowing oil and natural gas leasing in the Outer Continental 
Shelf [OCS], including payments to State and local governments 
from OCS receipts.

             TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO BE CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    Page 14, strike lines 19 through 25, and insert the 
following:

SEC. 1603. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT.

  Section 402(a)(2)(L) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(L)) 
is amended by striking ``for a period of 5 years or more 
beginning'' and inserting the following:
``for a period--
          ``(1) effective until September 30, 2010--
                  ``(A) for an alien--
                          ``(i)(I) who is 60 years of age or 
                        older; or
                          ``(II) with respect to whom--
                                  ``(aa) an application for 
                                naturalization under 
                                Immigration and Nationality Act 
                                is approved; or
                                  ``(bb) such application is 
                                pending under such Act and no 
                                previous application for 
                                naturalization has been 
                                rejected under such Act; and
                          ``(ii) who is a member of a household 
                        that receives food stamp benefits;
                as of the date of the enactment of the 
                Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2005, of 5 
                years or more; and
                  ``(B) for an alien with respect to whom 
                subparagraph (A) does not apply, of 7 years or 
                more; and
          ``(2) effective beginning on October 1, 2010, of 5 
        years or more;
beginning''.
  Strike subtitle A of title VI (beginning at page 527, line 
1), and make appropriate conforming changes.
  Strike subtitle E of title VI (beginning at page 591, line 
1), and make appropriate conforming changes.

                                  
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