[House Report 111-300] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 111th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 111-300 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY THE BILL (H.R. 2892) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2010, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES _______ October 14, 2009.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ Mr. Hastings of Florida, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H. Res. 829] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 829, 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. 2892, the Department of Homeland Security 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 intervention of any motion except one hour of debate and one motion to recommit if applicable. 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), a waiver of section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act (regarding consideration of legislation providing new budget authority in excess of a subcommittee's 302(b) allocation of such authority), and a waiver of section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act (regarding consideration of legislation within the jurisdiction of the Budget Committee). 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.