[House Report 110-117]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    110-117

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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1867) TO AUTHORIZE 
 APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2008, 2009, AND 2010 FOR THE NATIONAL 
              SCIENCE FOUNDATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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 May 1, 2007.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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    Ms. Matsui, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 349]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 349, 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 the bill H.R. 
1867, the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 
2007, under an open rule with a preprinting requirement. The 
rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Science and Technology.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill except those arising under clauses 9 and 10 of rule 
XXI. The rule makes in order the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Science and 
Technology as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. 
The rule waives all points of order against the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute except clauses 9 and 10 of Rule XXI. 
The rule provides that notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, 
no amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute shall be in order except those printed in the 
portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose 
in clause 8 of rule XVIII and except pro forma amendments for 
the purpose of debate. Each amendment so printed may be offered 
only by the Member who caused it to be printed or his designee 
and shall be considered as read. The rule provides one motion 
to recommit with or without instructions. Finally the rule 
provides that, notwithstanding the operation of the previous 
question, the Chair may postpone further consideration of the 
bill to a time designated by the Speaker.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill and against the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute (except for clause 9 and 10 of Rule XXI) includes a 
waiver of Rule XIII, clause 4(a), requiring a three-day layover 
of a committee report.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    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. 151

    Date: May 1, 2007.
    Measure: H.R. 1867.
    Motion by: Mr. Hastings (WA).
    Summary of motion: To grant an open rule with no 
preprinting requirement.
    Results: Defeated 4-9.
    Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay; 
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Diaz-Balart--Yea; Hastings 
(WA)--Yea; Sessions--Yea; Slaughter--Nay.

Rules Committee record vote No. 152

    Date: May 1, 2007.
    Measure: H.R. 1867.
    Motion by: Mr. Diaz-Balart.
    Summary of motion: To make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers for an amendment by Weldon, Dave (FL), #1, 
which would slow the rate of increase in NSF funding should the 
appropriations for NASA fall below those proposed in the 
President's FY08 budget for each of years FY2008, FY2009, and 
FY2010. The authorization levels for NSF would be reduced to 
the previous year's authorization level in any year for which 
NASA funding fell below the levels set in the President's FY08 
budget for FYs 2008-2010.
    Results: Defeated 5-8.
    Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay; 
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Yea; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Diaz-Balart--Yea; Hastings 
(WA)--Yea; Sessions--Yea; Slaughter--Nay.

                                  
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