[House Report 108-238]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    108-238
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 WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 6(a) OF RULE XIII WITH RESPECT TO THE 
  SAME DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE RULES 
                               COMMITTEE

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   July 25 (legislative day, July 24), 2003.--Referred to the House 
                   Calendar and ordered to be printed

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            Ms. Pryce of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules,
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 340]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 340, 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 special rule reported on the legislative day of July 25, 
2003, providing for consideration or disposition of the bill 
(H.R. 2861) making appropriations for the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for 
sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, 
and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and 
for other purposes.