[House Report 110-31]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                     110-31

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 569--WATER QUALITY INVESTMENT ACT 
                                OF 2007

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   March 6, 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. 214]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 214, 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. 569, the 
Water Quality Investment 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 Transportation and 
Infrastructure.
    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 Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure amendment in the nature of a substitute now 
printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment. The amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
considered as read. 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.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    Although the rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill (except for clauses 9 and 10 of Rule 
XXI), the Committee is not aware of any points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The waiver of all points of order 
against consideration of the bill is prophylactic in nature.

                            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. 56

    Date: March 6, 2007.
    Measure: H.R. 569.
    Motion by: Mr. Dreier.
    Summary of motion: to report an open rule with no 
preprinting requirement.
    Results: Defeated 3-8.
    Vote by Members: McGovern--Nay; Hastings (FL)--Nay; 
Matsui--Nay; Cardoza--Nay; Welch--Nay; Castor--Nay; Arcuri--
Nay; Sutton--Nay; Dreier--Yea; Hastings (WA)--Yea; Sessions--
Yea.

                                  
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