[House Report 109-507]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



109th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     109-507

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



 
    PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5631, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2007

                                _______
                                

   June 19, 2006.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

                                _______
                                

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 877]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 877, 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 provides for consideration of H.R. 5631, the 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007, 
under an open rule. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The 
rule waives all points of order against consideration of the 
bill.
    Under the rules of the House the bill shall be read for 
amendment by paragraph. The rule waives all points of order 
against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with 
clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations 
or legislative provisions in an appropriations bill). The rule 
authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to 
Members who have pre-printed theIr amendments in the 
Congressional Record.
    Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of clause 4(c) of rule XIII 
(requiring the three-day availability of printed hearings on a 
general appropriation bill). The waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI 
(prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative 
provisions in an appropriations bill) is necessary because 
there are numerous legislative provisions included in the bill.
    The waiver of all points of order also includes a waiver of 
Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting 
consideration of legislation within the jurisdiction of the 
Committee on the Budget unless reported by the Budget 
Committee), because section 8085 of the bill contains 
requirements regarding the content of the budget of the 
President for fiscal year 2008, and in addition, there are 
numerous emergency designations in the bill.

                                  
