[House Report 111-318]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


111th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    111-318

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY THE 
   BILL (H.R. 2996) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 
               SEPTEMBER 30, 2010, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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  October 28, 2009.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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  Mr. Hastings of Florida, 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 provides for consideration of the conference 
report to accompany H.R. 2996, the Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. The 
resolution waives all points of order against the conference 
report and against its consideration. The resolution provides 
that the conference report shall be considered as read. 
Finally, the resolution provides that the previous question 
shall be considered as ordered without intervening motion 
except one hour of debate and one motion to recommit if 
applicable.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the conference report includes a waiver of clause 8 of rule 
XXII (requiring a three-day layover of conference reports and 
the accompanying joint explanatory statement); and a waiver of 
clause 9 of rule XXII (precluding conferees from including 
matter outside the scope of conference). The conference report 
does not violate clauses 9 or 10 of rule XXI.
    Although the rule waives all points of order against the 
conference report, the Committee is not aware of any points of 
order. The waiver is prophylactic.

                                  
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