[House Report 109-328]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



109th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    109-328

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4340, UNITED STATES-BAHRAIN FREE 
                   TRADE AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ACT

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  December 6, 2005.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 583]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 583, 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 consideration of H.R. 4340, the 
United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 
under a closed rule. The rule provides two hours of debate in 
the House equally divided and controlled by the chainnan and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule provides that pursuant to section 
151(f)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974, the previous question shall 
be considered as ordered on the bill to final passage without 
intervening motion.
    Finally, section 2 of the resolution provides that during 
consideration of the bill, notwithstanding the operation of the 
previous question, the Chair may postpone further consideration 
of the bill to a time designated by the Speaker in consonance 
with section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974.

                         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 layover of the committee report), 
because the Committee on Ways and Means did not file its report 
(H. Rept. 109-318) until Tuesday, November 6, 2005, and the 
bill may be considered by the House as early as Wednesday, 
November 7, 2005. The waiver of all points of order also 
includes a waiver of section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act (consideration of legislation providing new budget 
authority in excess of a subcommittee's 302(b) allocation of 
such authority). The bill violates 302(f) because its direct 
spending will exceed, by $1 million in the first year, the 
Committee on the Ways and Means's allocation.

                                  
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