[House Report 111-35]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]






111th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                     111-35

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   WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 6(a) OF RULE XIII WITH RESPECT TO 
  CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED FROM THE COMMITTEE ON 
                     RULES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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   March 10, 2009.--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. 229]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 229, 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 waives clause 6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a 
two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is 
reported from the Rules Committee) against certain resolutions 
reported from the Rules Committee. The rule applies the waiver 
to any resolution reported on the legislative day of March 11, 
2009, providing for consideration or disposition of any measure 
making appropriations for the fiscal year 2009, and for other 
purposes. The resolution provides that House Resolutions 218 
and 219 are laid on the table.

                                  
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