[House Report 110-471]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    110-471

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

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  December 4, 2007.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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    Mr. Welch, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 839]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 839, by a record vote of 8-2, 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 resolutions reported on the legislative day of 
Wednesday, December 5, 2007, providing for consideration of the 
Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 6) to reduce our Nation's 
dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and 
alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy 
technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a 
Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in 
alternative energy, and for other purposes.

                            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. 401

    Date: December 4, 2007.
    Measure: H. Res. 839. Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) 
of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain 
resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
    Motion by: Mr. Hastings (FL).
    Summary of motion: To report the rule.
    Results: Adopted 8-2.
    Vote by Members: Hastings (FL)--Yea; Matsui--Yea; Cardoza--
Yea; Welch--Yea; Castor--Yea; Arcuri--Yea; Sutton--Yea; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings (WA)--Nay; Slaughter--Yea.

                                  
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