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112TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 112–290 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY THE BILL (H.R. 2112) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, 

AND RELATED AGENCIES PROGRAMS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

NOVEMBER 16, 2011.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Ms. FOXX, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 467] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 467, 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 the conference report 

to accompany H.R. 2112, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

& Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2012. The resolution waives all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration. The resolution provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. Finally, the resolution provides that the previous question shall be 

considered as ordered without intervention of any motion except 

one hour of debate and one motion to recommit if applicable. 

Debate on the conference report is divided pursuant to clause 

8(d) of rule XXII. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

The waiver of all points of order against the conference report 

and against its consideration includes a waivers of the following: 

Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, prohibiting consideration of a measure which causes the applicable allocation of 

new budget authority under subsections 302(a) or (b) to be exceeded; 

Clause 5 of rule XXII, prohibiting House conferees from agreeing 

to certain Senate amendments in violation of certain provisions 

rule XXI; 


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Clause 9 of rule XXII, prohibiting the inclusion of matter in a 

conference report not committed to the conference by either House; 

and, 

Clause 10 of rule XXII, prohibiting non-germane Senate matter 

in conference reports and amendments in disagreement. 

While the conference report was filed in the House and made 

publicly available electronically on the Internet Web site of the 

Committee on Rules on Monday, November 14, and also printed in 

that day’s edition of the Congressional Record, the Government 

Printing Office has notified the Committee that it may not be able 

to make printed copies of the conference report available to Members until Thursday, November 17. Therefore, it is possible that the 

waiver of all points of order against the consideration of the conference report may also include a waiver of clause 8 of rule XXII, 

which in part requires that printed copies of a conference report 

and accompanying joint explanatory statement be made available 

to Members at least two hours prior to consideration of a conference report. 

The Committee urges the Government Printing Office to meet 

the needs of the House for printed copies of the conference report. 

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