[House Report 109-381]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



109th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     109-381

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4167, NATIONAL FOOD UNIFORMITY ACT 
                                OF 2005

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   March 1, 2006.--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. 702]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 702, 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. 4167, the 
National Food Uniformity Act of 2005, under a general debate 
rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The rule waives 
all points of order against consideration of the bill.
    Finally, the rule provides that after general debate the 
Committee of the Whole shall rise without motion and no further 
consideration of the bill shall be in order except by a 
subsequent order of the House.

                         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). The 
waiver is necessary because the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce filed its report (H. Rept. 109-379) with the House on 
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 and the bill may be considered by 
the House as early as Thursday, March 2, 2006.

                                  
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