[House Report 110-612]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     110-612

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL (H.R. 
  493) TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF GENETIC INFORMATION 
            WITH RESPECT TO HEALTH INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT

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   April 29, 2008.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                      [To accompany H. Res. 1156]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 1156, 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 the consideration of the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 493, the Genetic Information 
Nondiscrimination Act of 2007. The resolution makes in order a 
motion by the Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor 
to concur in the Senate amendment. The resolution waives all 
points of order against the motion except clause 10 of rule 
XXI. The resolution provides that the Senate amendment and the 
motion shall be considered as read. The resolution provides one 
hour of debate on the motion with 20 minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Education and Labor; 20 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce; and 20 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. The 
resolution further provides that the Chair may postpone further 
consideration of the motion to a time designated by the 
Speaker.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the motion includes a waiver of clause 4 of rule XXI 
prohibiting appropriations in legislative bills and a waiver of 
Section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act, prohibiting 
consideration of legislation, as reported, providing new budget 
authority, change in revenues, change in public debt, new 
entitlement authority, or new credit authority for a fiscal 
year until the budget resolution for that year has been agreed 
to.

                                  
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