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House Calendar No. 256 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1388 

[Report No. 110–807] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1338) to amend the Fair Labor 

Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims 

of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2008 

Ms. SLAUGHTER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1338) to amend 

the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more 

effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the 

payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 

3 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 1338) to amend the Fair Labor 


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1 Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies 

2 to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on 

3 the basis of sex, and for other purposes. The first reading 

4 of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 

5 against consideration of the bill are waived except those 

6 arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate 

7 shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour 

8 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank9 ing minority member of the Committee on Education and 

10 Labor. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

11 for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in 

12 order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 

13 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in 

14 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee 

15 on Education and Labor now printed in the bill. The com16 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 

17 considered as read. All points of order against the com18 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived 

19 except those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI. Notwith20 standing clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the 

21 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 

22 be in order except those printed in the report of the Com23 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such 

24 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

25 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 


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1 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat2 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

3 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 

4 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to 

5 a demand for division of the question in the House or in 

6 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 

7 such amendments are waived except those arising under 

8 clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. At the conclusion of consider9 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

10 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

11 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 

12 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

13 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com14 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre15 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 

16 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter17 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or 

18 without instructions. 

19 SEC. 2. During consideration in the House of H.R. 

20 1338 pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the op21 eration of the previous question, the Chair may postpone 

22 further consideration of the bill to such time as may be 

23 designated by the Speaker. 


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House Calendar No. 256 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1388 

[Report No. 110

–807] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1338) 

basis of sex, and for other purposes. discrimination in the payment of wages on the to provide more effective remedies to victims of to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 

JULY 30, 2008 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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