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110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 110–880 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO 

SUSPEND THE RULES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. CARDOZA, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 1491] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 1491, 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 authorizes the Speaker to entertain motions that 

the House suspend the rules at any time on the legislative day of 

September 25, 2008, relating to the following measures: 

(1) The bill (H.R. 928) to amend the Inspector General Act of 

1978 to enhance the independence of the Inspectors General, to create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, 

and for other purposes. 

(2) The bill (S. 2324) to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 

(5 U.S.C. App.) to enhance the Offices of the Inspectors General, 

to create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, and for other purposes. 

(3) The bill (S. 1046) to modify pay provisions relating to certain 

senior-level positions in the Federal Government, and for other 

purposes. 

(4) The bill (H.R. 6045) to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime 

Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization 

of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal 

year 2012. 

(5) The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 214) expressing the 

sense of Congress that the President should grant a posthumous 

pardon to John Arthur ‘‘Jack’’ Johnson for the 1913 racially motivated conviction of Johnson, which diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and tarnished his reputation. 


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(6) The bill (H.R. 4120) to amend title 18, United States Code, 

to provide for more effective prosecution of cases involving child 

pornography, and for other purposes. 

(7) A bill relating to webcasting. 

(8) The bill (H.R. 1777) to amend the Improving America’s 

Schools Act of 1994 to make permanent the favorable treatment of 

need-based educational aid under the antitrust laws. 

(9) A bill relating to India nuclear cooperation. 

(10) The bill (H.R. 176) to authorize the establishment of educational exchange and development programs for member countries 

of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). 

(11) The bill (H.R. 2553) to amend the State Department Basic 

Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for the establishment and maintenance of existing libraries and resource centers at United States 

diplomatic and consular missions to provide information about 

American culture, society, and history, and for other purposes. 

(12) The bill (H.R. 3202) to amend the Foreign Service Act of 

1980 to extend comparability pay adjustments to members of the 

Foreign Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend the provision relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving dependents 

of Foreign Service employees who die as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad. 

(13) The bill (S. 3426) to amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

to extend comparability pay adjustments to members of the Foreign 

Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend the provision relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving dependents of Foreign Service employees who die as a result of injuries sustained in 

the performance of duty abroad. 

(14) The bill (S. 3052) to provide for the transfer of naval vessels 

to certain foreign recipients. 

(15) The bill (H.R. 2798) to reauthorize the programs of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and for other purposes. 

(16) The bill (H.R. 3887) to authorize appropriations for fiscal 

years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and 

for other purposes. 

(17) The bill (H.R. 1157) to amend the Public Health Service Act 

to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and 

operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that 

may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. 

(18) The bill (H.R. 6568) to direct the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services to encourage research and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension, and for 

other purposes. 

(19) The bill (H.R. 3232) to establish a non-profit corporation to 

communicate United States entry policies and otherwise promote 

tourist, business, and scholarly travel to the United States. 

(20) The bill (H.R. 3402) to require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling 

cards and services. 

(21) The bill (H.R. 1283) to amend the Public Health Service Act 

to provide for arthritis research and public health, and for other 

purposes. 


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(22) The bill (S. 1382) to amend the Public Health Service Act 

to provide for the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry. 

(23) The bill (S. 1810) to amend the Public Health Service Act 

to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and 

support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for 

Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions. 

(24) The bill (S. 2932) to amend the Public Health Service Act 

to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, national 

media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain the funding of poison centers, and enhance 

the public health of people of the United States. 

(25) The bill (H.R. 1343) to amend the Public Health Service Act 

to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the 

health centers program under section 330 of such Act, and for other 

purposes. 

(26) The bill (S. 901) to amend the Public Health Service Act to 

reauthorize the Community Health Centers program, the National 

Health Service Corps, and rural health care programs. 

(27) The bill (H.R. 477) to amend the Public Health Service Act 

to strengthen education, prevention, and treatment programs relating to stroke, and for other purposes. 

(28) The bill (S. 999) to amend the Public Health Service Act to 

improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. 

(29) The bill (H.R. 507) to establish a grant program to provide 

vision care to children, and for other purposes. 

(30) The bill (S. 1117) to establish a grant program to provide vision care to children, and for other purposes. 

(31) The bill (H.R. 545) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control 

and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and Indian 

tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine. 

(32) The bill (S. 85) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and Indian tribes 

are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine. 

(33) The bill (S. 267) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and Indian tribes 

are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine. 

(34) The bill (H.R. 970) to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act with respect to the distribution of the drug 

dextromethorphan, and for other purposes. 

(35) The bill (S. 1378) to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act with respect to the distribution of the drug 

dextromethorphan, and for other purposes. 

(36) The bill (S. 3549) to amend title XIX of the Social Security 

Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) 

program, and for other purposes. 

(37) The bill (S. 906) to prohibit the sale, distribution, transfer, 

and export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes. 


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(38) The bill (H.R. 1534) to prohibit certain sales, distributions, 

and transfers of elemental mercury, to prohibit the export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes. 

(39) The resolution (H. Res. 1333) supporting the goals and 

ideals of Tay-Sachs Awareness Month. 

(40) The bill (H.R. 6460) to amend the Federal Water Pollution 

Control Act to provide for the remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern, and for other purposes. 

(41) The bill (S. 2080) to amend the Federal Water Pollution 

Control Act to ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for 

and report discharges of raw sewage, and for other purposes. 

(42) The bill (H.R. 2452) to amend the Federal Water Pollution 

Control Act to ensure that publicly owned treatment works monitor 

for and report sewer overflows, and for other purposes. 

(43) The bill (S. 2844) to amend the Federal Water Pollution 

Control Act to modify provisions relating to beach monitoring, and 

for other purposes. 

(44) The bill (H.R. 2537) to amend the Federal Water Pollution 

Control Act relating to beach monitoring, and for other purposes. 

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