[House Report 110-495]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    110-495

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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 17, 2007.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 876]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 876, 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 resolution reported on or before the legislative day of 
December 19, 2007, providing for consideration or disposition 
of any of the following measures: (1) a bill relating to the 
Children's Health Insurance Program, or an amendment thereto; 
(2) a bill relating to Medicare, or an amendment thereto; (3) a 
bill relating to the alternative minimum tax, or an amendment 
thereto; (4) a joint resolution making further continuing 
appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, or an amendment 
thereto; and (5) the bill (H.R. 2764) making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for 
other purposes, or an amendment thereto.

                                  
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