[House Report 110-435] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 110th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 110-435 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY THE BILL (H.R. 3222) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2008, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES _______ November 7, 2007.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ Ms. Slaughter, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H. Res. 806] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 806, 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 all points of order against the conference report on H.R. 3222, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008, and against its consideration and provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS The waiver of all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration includes a waiver of clauses 8 and 9 of rule XXII (requiring a three-day layover of conference reports and the accompanying joint explanatory statement and precluding conferees from including matter outside the scope of conference); includes a waiver of section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act for a breach of the Defense subcommittee 302(b) allocation; and includes a waiver of section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act for provisions within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget on a bill that has not been reported by that committee. Although the rule waives all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration, the conference report does not violate either House Resolution 491 or clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI (requiring earmarks to be disclosed in the conference report and requiring conference reports to be in compliance with the PAYGO rule).