[House Report 110-435]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    110-435

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY THE 
 BILL (H.R. 3222) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2008, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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  November 7, 2007.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 806]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 806, 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 all points of order against the 
conference report on H.R. 3222, the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2008, and against its consideration and 
provides that the conference report shall be considered as 
read.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against the conference 
report and against its consideration includes a waiver of 
clauses 8 and 9 of rule XXII (requiring a three-day layover of 
conference reports and the accompanying joint explanatory 
statement and precluding conferees from including matter 
outside the scope of conference); includes a waiver of section 
302 of the Congressional Budget Act for a breach of the Defense 
subcommittee 302(b) allocation; and includes a waiver of 
section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act for provisions 
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget on a 
bill that has not been reported by that committee.
    Although the rule waives all points of order against the 
conference report and against its consideration, the conference 
report does not violate either House Resolution 491 or clause 9 
or 10 of rule XXI (requiring earmarks to be disclosed in the 
conference report and requiring conference reports to be in 
compliance with the PAYGO rule).

                                  
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