[House Report 109-361]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



109th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    109-361

======================================================================



 
WAIVING POINTS TO ORDER AGAINST THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 
          2863, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006

                                _______
                                

 December 19, (legislative day, December  18), 2005.--Referred to the 
                House Calendar and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 639]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 639, by a nonrecord vote, reports 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. 2863, Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2006, and against its consideration. The 
rule further provides that the conference report shall be 
considered as read.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the conference report includes a waiver of clause 8 of rule 
XXII (requiring a three-day layover of conference reports and 
the accompanying joint explanatory statement).

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of 
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together 
with the names of those voting for and against, are printed 
below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 144

    Date: December 19, 2005 (Legislative Day of December 18, 
2005).
    Measure: Waiving points of order against the conference 
report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2863) making appropriations 
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
    Motion by: Mr. Hastings of Florida.
    Summary of motion: To strike the liability language in the 
conference report relating to avian flu vaccinations.
    Results: Defeated 4 to 9.
    Vote by Members: Diaz-Balart--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; 
Sessions--Nay; Putnam--Nay; Capito--Nay; Cole--Nay; Bishop--
Nay; Gingrey--Nay; Slaughter--Yea; McGovern--Yea; Hastings 
(FL)--Yea; Matsui--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

                                  
