[House Report 110-562]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     110-562

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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5501) TO AUTHORIZE 
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2009 THROUGH 2013 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE 
TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA, AND 
                           FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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   April 1, 2008.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                      [To accompany H. Res. 1065]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 1065, by a non-record 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. 5501, the 
Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership 
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act 
of 2008, under a structured rule. The rule provides two hours 
of general debate equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill except clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. 
The rule provides that the bill shall be considered as read. 
The rule waives all points of order against provisions of the 
bill. This waiver does not affect the point of order available 
under clause 9 of rule XXI (regarding earmark disclosure).
    The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in 
this report. The amendments made in order may be offered only 
in the order printed in this report, may be offered only by a 
Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for the time specified in this report 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be 
subject to a demand for a division of the question in the House 
or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 
the amendments except for clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI are 
waived. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. 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

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

           SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE

    (Summaries derived from information provided by sponsors.)
    1. Blumenauer (OR): Would add safe drinking water to 
nutrition and income security on the list of programs for which 
direct linkages are encouraged. (10 minutes)
    2. Fortenberry (NE): Would ensure that audits by the 
Inspector General include information on subcontractors. (10 
minutes)
    3. McCollum (MN)/Jackson (IL): Would add Malawi, Swaziland 
and Lesotho to the list of new ``focus'' countries proposed to 
be added in the bill. (10 minutes)
    4. Carson (IN): Would direct the Coordinator of United 
States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally and 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development to expand their plan for strengthening health 
systems of host countries by allowing for postsecondary 
educational institutions, particularly in Africa, to 
collaborate with United States postsecondary educational 
institutions and specifically historically black colleges and 
universities. (10 minutes)

            TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE

 1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blumenauer of Oregon, 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 59, line 7, insert ``, safe drinking water,'' after 
``nutrition''.
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    2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fortenberry of 
          Nebraska, or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 43, line 4, insert before the period at the end the 
following: ``, including both Principal Recipients and sub-
recipients''.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCollum of Minnesota, 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 35, line 13, insert ``, Malawi, Swaziland, Lesotho'' 
after ``Republic''.
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 4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carson of Indiana, or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 49, line 10, insert before the period at the end the 
following: ``Recognizing that human and institutional capacity 
form the core of any health care system that can sustain the 
fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, the plan 
shall include a strategy to encourage postsecondary educational 
institutions in host countries, particularly in Africa, in 
collaboration with United States postsecondary educational 
institutions, historically black colleges and universities, to 
develop such human and institutional capacity and in the 
process further build their capacity to sustain the fight 
against these diseases.''.
  Page 104, line 21, before ``capacity'' insert ``human and 
institutional''.
  Page 105, line 5, insert ``partnerships,'' after 
``telecommunications services,''.

                                  
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