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109TH CONGRESS REPORT " HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ! 1st Session 109–148

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3010, DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION AND OTHER RELATED 

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006

JUNE 22, 2005.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. CAPITO, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 337] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 337, 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. 3010, Departments of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 

other Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 under an open 

rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided 

and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 

the Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all points of 

order against consideration of the bill. 

Under the rules of the House the bill shall be read for amendment by paragraph. The rule waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an 

appropriations bill), except as specified in the resolution. The rule 

authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members 

who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional 

Record. Finally, the rule 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 of rule XIII (availability of reports 

and printed hearings from the Committee on Appropriations). 

The waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an appropriations bill) 

against provisions in the bill is necessary, because there are nuVerDate jul 14 2003 02:04 Jun 23, 2005 Jkt 039008 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HR148.XXX HR148
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merous unauthorized appropriations and legislative provisions in 

the bill. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of each 

record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together with 

the names of those voting for and against, are printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 84 

Date: June 22, 2005. 

Measure: H.R. 3010, Departments of Labor, Health and Human 

Services, Education and other Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2006. 

Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for the amendment offered by Representative Obey 

which adds $7.844 billion for education and related programs, $738 

million for job training and other Labor Department programs, 

$2.180 billion for health care, biomedical research and public 

health programs, $105 million for public health and hospital preparedness grants, $755 million for human services programs at the 

Department of HHS, $100 million for the Corporation for Public 

Broadcasting, and $109 million for the Social Security Administration. Additional appropriations would be offset by a provision reducing the tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 for taxpayers with 

incomes exceeding $1 million. 

Results: Defeated 4 to 8. 

Vote by Members: Diaz-Balart—Nay; Hastings (WA)—Nay; Sessions—Nay; Putnam—Nay; Capito—Nay; Bishop—Nay; Gingrey—

Nay; Slaughter—Yea; McGovern—Yea; Hastings (FL)—Yea; Matsui—Yea; Dreier—Nay.

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