[House Report 113-144]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


113th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    113-144

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      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2609) MAKING 
 APPROPRIATIONS FOR ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES 
 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2014, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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July 8, 2013.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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               Mr. Burgess, 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. 2609, the 
Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2014, under an open rule. The resolution 
provides 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. 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 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

                         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 in the House until 
the third calendar day on which printed hearings of the 
Committee on Appropriations thereon have been available to 
Members.
    The waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI, which prohibits 
unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an 
appropriations bill, is necessary because the bill contains 
unauthorized appropriations and legislative provisions.

                                  
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