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110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 110–562 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5501) TO AUTHORIZE 

APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2009 THROUGH 2013 TO PROVIDE 

ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

APRIL 1, 2008.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. MCGOVERN, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 1065] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 1065, by a non-record 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. 5501, the Tom 

Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership 

Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act 

of 2008, under a structured rule. The rule provides two hours of 

general debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 

ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The 

rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. The rule provides that the bill 

shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order 

against provisions of the bill. This waiver does not affect the point 

of order available under clause 9 of rule XXI (regarding earmark 

disclosure). 

The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in this 

report. The amendments made in order may be offered only in the 

order printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of 

the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All 

points of order against the amendments except for clauses 9 and 

10 of rule XXI are waived. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. The rule provides that, notwithstanding the operation of the previous question, the Chair may 


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postpone further consideration of the bill to a time designated by 

the Speaker. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the rule waives all points of order against consideration 

of the bill (except for clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI) and waives all 

points of order against the provisions of the bill, the Committee is 

not aware of any points of order. The waivers of all points of order 

are prophylactic. 

SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE

(Summaries derived from information provided by sponsors.) 

1. Blumenauer (OR): Would add safe drinking water to nutrition 

and income security on the list of programs for which direct linkages are encouraged. (10 minutes) 

2. Fortenberry (NE): Would ensure that audits by the Inspector 

General include information on subcontractors. (10 minutes) 

3. McCollum (MN)/Jackson (IL): Would add Malawi, Swaziland 

and Lesotho to the list of new ‘‘focus’’ countries proposed to be 

added in the bill. (10 minutes) 

4. Carson (IN): Would direct the Coordinator of United States 

Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to expand their plan for strengthening health systems of host 

countries by allowing for postsecondary educational institutions, 

particularly in Africa, to collaborate with United States postsecondary educational institutions and specifically historically black 

colleges and universities. (10 minutes) 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

BLUMENAUER OF OREGON, OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 59, line 7, insert ‘‘, safe drinking water,’’ after ‘‘nutrition’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

FORTENBERRY OF NEBRASKA, OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR

10 MINUTES

Page 43, line 4, insert before the period at the end the following: 

‘‘, including both Principal Recipients and sub-recipients’’. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM OF MINNESOTA, OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 35, line 13, insert ‘‘, Malawi, Swaziland, Lesotho’’ after ‘‘Republic’’. 


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4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CARSON OF

INDIANA, OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 49, line 10, insert before the period at the end the following: ‘‘Recognizing that human and institutional capacity form 

the core of any health care system that can sustain the fight 

against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, the plan shall include a strategy to encourage postsecondary educational institutions in host countries, particularly in Africa, in collaboration with 

United States postsecondary educational institutions, historically 

black colleges and universities, to develop such human and institutional capacity and in the process further build their capacity to 

sustain the fight against these diseases.’’. 

Page 104, line 21, before ‘‘capacity’’ insert ‘‘human and institutional’’. 

Page 105, line 5, insert ‘‘partnerships,’’ after ‘‘telecommunications 

services,’’. 

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