[House Report 112-97]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                     112-97

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      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2055) MAKING 
 APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 
                      2012, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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June 1, 2011.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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               Mr. Webster, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 288]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 288, 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 H.R. 2055, the 
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2012, under an open rule. The resolution 
provides for one hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations. The resolution waives all points 
of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution 
waives points of order against provisions in the bill for 
failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI. Under the Rules of 
the House the bill shall be read for amendment by paragraph. 
The resolution provides that the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. The resolution authorizes 
the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who have 
pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. The 
resolution requires the Chair to put the question on retaining 
Title II (Department of Veterans Affairs). After disposition of 
the question, the Chair shall put the question on engrossment 
and third reading on those portions of the bill as retained and 
perfected by the House. The resolution provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Finally, the resolution 
directs the Clerk, in the engrossment of H.R. 2055, to make 
technical and conforming changes in the event a portion of the 
bill is not retained.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of clause 4(c) of rule XIII, which 
prohibits consideration of a general appropriations bill 
reported by the Committee on Appropriations from being 
considered in the House until the third calendar day on which 
printed hearings of the Committee on Appropriations thereon 
have been available to Members.
    The resolution includes a waiver of points of order against 
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
rule XXI, which prohibits unauthorized appropriations or 
legislative provisions in an appropriations bill. This waiver 
is necessary because the bill contains unauthorized 
appropriations and legislative provisions.

                                  
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