[House Report 111-125]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


111th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    111-125

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY THE 
    BILL (S. 454) TO IMPROVE THE ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEMS, AND 
                           FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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May 20, 2009.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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   Ms. Pingree of Maine, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 463]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 463, 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 provides for consideration of the conference 
report to accompany S. 454, the ``Weapons Acquisition System 
Reform Through Enhancing Technical Knowledge and Oversight Act 
of 2009.''
    The resolution waives all points of order against the 
conference report and against its consideration and provides 
that the conference report shall be considered as read. The 
resolution provides that the Chair may postpone further 
consideration of the conference report to such time as may be 
designated by the Speaker.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against the conference 
report and against its consideration includes a waiver of 
clause 8 of rule XXII (requiring a three-day layover of 
conference reports and the accompanying joint explanatory 
statement). Although the rule waives all points of order 
against the conference report and against its consideration, 
the conference report does not violate clauses 9 or 10 of rule 
XXI. The waiver of all points of order against the conference 
report is prophylactic.

                                  
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