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110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 110–427 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY THE BILL (H.R. 3043) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2008, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

NOVEMBER 5, 2007.—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. 794] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 794, by a record vote of 8 to 3, 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. 3043, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 

Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2008 and against its consideration. The rule provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. 

The resolution also provides that any motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3688 pursuant to section 151 of the Trade Act 

of 1974 shall be in order only if offered by the Majority Leader or 

his designee. 

The resolution provides that, upon receipt of a message from the 

Senate transmitting H.R. 3043, with a Senate amendment thereto, 

it shall be in order to take the same from the Speaker’s table and 

to consider in the House a motion offered by the chairman of the 

Committee on Appropriations that the House concur in such 

amendment. The Senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as read and shall be debatable for one hour. The previous 

question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion. 

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 


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and the accompanying joint explanatory statement and precluding 

conferees from including matter outside the scope of conference). 

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). 

COMMITTEE VOTES

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. 382 

Date: November 5, 2007. 

Measure: Conference report on H.R. 3043. 

Motion by: Mr. McGovern. 

Summary of motion: To report the rule. 

Results: Adopted 8–3. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Yea; Matsui—Yea; Cardoza—Yea; 

Welch—Yea; Castor—Yea; Arcuri—Yea; Sutton—Yea; Dreier—Nay; 

Diaz-Balart—Nay; Hastings (WA)—Nay; Slaughter—Yea. 

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