[House Report 109-691]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



109th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     109-691

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WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 6(a) RULE XIII WITH RESPECT TO THE SAME 
    DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE RULES 
                               COMMITTEE 

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 September 27, 2006.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
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    Mr. Putnam, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                      [To accompany H. Res. 1046]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 1046, 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 waives clause 6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a 
two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is 
reported from the Rules Committee) against certain resolutions 
reported from the Rules Committee. The rule applies the waiver 
to any special rule reported on the legislative day of 
September 28, 2006, providing for consideration or disposition 
of any of the following measures:
    (1) A bill to authorize trial by military commission for 
violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.
    (2) A bill to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978.
    (3) A conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 5441) 
making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other 
purposes.
    Finally, the rule provides that House Resolutions 654 and 
767 are laid upon the table.

                                  
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