[House Report 110-880]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     110-880

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      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES

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 September 24, 2008.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
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   Mr. Cardoza, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                      [To accompany H. Res. 1491]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 1491, 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 authorizes the Speaker to entertain motions 
that the House suspend the rules at any time on the legislative 
day of September 25, 2008, relating to the following measures:
    (1) The bill (H.R. 928) to amend the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 to enhance the independence of the Inspectors General, 
to create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 
Efficiency, and for other purposes.
    (2) The bill (S. 2324) to amend the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to enhance the Offices of the 
Inspectors General, to create a Council of the Inspectors 
General on Integrity and Efficiency, and for other purposes.
    (3) The bill (S. 1046) to modify pay provisions relating to 
certain senior-level positions in the Federal Government, and 
for other purposes.
    (4) The bill (H.R. 6045) to amend title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the 
authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program 
through fiscal year 2012.
    (5) The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 214) expressing 
the sense of Congress that the President should grant a 
posthumous pardon to John Arthur ``Jack'' Johnson for the 1913 
racially motivated conviction of Johnson, which diminished his 
athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and tarnished 
his reputation.
    (6) The bill (H.R. 4120) to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to provide for more effective prosecution of cases 
involving child pornography, and for other purposes.
    (7) A bill relating to webcasting.
    (8) The bill (H.R. 1777) to amend the Improving America's 
Schools Act of 1994 to make permanent the favorable treatment 
of need-based educational aid under the antitrust laws.
    (9) A bill relating to India nuclear cooperation.
    (10) The bill (H.R. 176) to authorize the establishment of 
educational exchange and development programs for member 
countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
    (11) The bill (H.R. 2553) to amend the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for the establishment 
and maintenance of existing libraries and resource centers at 
United States diplomatic and consular missions to provide 
information about American culture, society, and history, and 
for other purposes.
    (12) The bill (H.R. 3202) to amend the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 to extend comparability pay adjustments to members of 
the Foreign Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend the 
provision relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving 
dependents of Foreign Service employees who die as a result of 
injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad.
    (13) The bill (S. 3426) to amend the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 to extend comparability pay adjustments to members of the 
Foreign Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend the 
provision relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving 
dependents of Foreign Service employees who die as a result of 
injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad.
    (14) The bill (S. 3052) to provide for the transfer of 
naval vessels to certain foreign recipients.
    (15) The bill (H.R. 2798) to reauthorize the programs of 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and for other 
purposes.
    (16) The bill (H.R. 3887) to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat 
trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.
    (17) The bill (H.R. 1157) to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute 
of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the 
development and operation of research centers regarding 
environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of 
breast cancer.
    (18) The bill (H.R. 6568) to direct the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to encourage research and carry out an 
educational campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension, 
and for other purposes.
    (19) The bill (H.R. 3232) to establish a non-profit 
corporation to communicate United States entry policies and 
otherwise promote tourist, business, and scholarly travel to 
the United States.
    (20) The bill (H.R. 3402) to require accurate and 
reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid 
telephone calling cards and services.
    (21) The bill (H.R. 1283) to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide for arthritis research and public 
health, and for other purposes.
    (22) The bill (S. 1382) to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to provide for the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral 
Sclerosis Registry.
    (23) The bill (S. 1810) to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound 
information and support services to patients receiving a 
positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally 
and postnatally diagnosed conditions.
    (24) The bill (S. 2932) to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, 
national media campaign, and grant program to provide 
assistance for poison prevention, sustain the funding of poison 
centers, and enhance the public health of people of the United 
States.
    (25) The bill (H.R. 1343) to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide additional authorizations of 
appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 
of such Act, and for other purposes.
    (26) The bill (S. 901) to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to reauthorize the Community Health Centers program, the 
National Health Service Corps, and rural health care programs.
    (27) The bill (H.R. 477) to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to strengthen education, prevention, and treatment programs 
relating to stroke, and for other purposes.
    (28) The bill (S. 999) to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and 
rehabilitation.
    (29) The bill (H.R. 507) to establish a grant program to 
provide vision care to children, and for other purposes.
    (30) The bill (S. 1117) to establish a grant program to 
provide vision care to children, and for other purposes.
    (31) The bill (H.R. 545) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and 
Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting 
the use of methamphetamine.
    (32) The bill (S. 85) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and 
Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting 
the use of methamphetamine.
    (33) The bill (S. 267) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and 
Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting 
the use of methamphetamine.
    (34) The bill (H.R. 970) to amend the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act with respect to the distribution of the drug 
dextromethorphan, and for other purposes.
    (35) The bill (S. 1378) to amend the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act with respect to the distribution of the drug 
dextromethorphan, and for other purposes.
    (36) The bill (S. 3549) to amend title XIX of the Social 
Security Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying 
individual (QI) program, and for other purposes.
    (37) The bill (S. 906) to prohibit the sale, distribution, 
transfer, and export of elemental mercury, and for other 
purposes.
    (38) The bill (H.R. 1534) to prohibit certain sales, 
distributions, and transfers of elemental mercury, to prohibit 
the export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes.
    (39) The resolution (H. Res. 1333) supporting the goals and 
ideals of Tay-Sachs Awareness Month.
    (40) The bill (H.R. 6460) to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to provide for the remediation of 
sediment contamination in areas of concern, and for other 
purposes.
    (41) The bill (S. 2080) to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to ensure that sewage treatment plants 
monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage, and for other 
purposes.
    (42) The bill (H.R. 2452) to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to ensure that publicly owned treatment 
works monitor for and report sewer overflows, and for other 
purposes.
    (43) The bill (S. 2844) to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to modify provisions relating to beach 
monitoring, and for other purposes.
    (44) The bill (H.R. 2537) to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act relating to beach monitoring, and for 
other purposes.

                                  
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