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110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 110–586 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2634) TO PROVIDE 

FOR GREATER RESPONSIBILITY IN LENDING AND EXPANDED CANCELLATION OF DEBTS OWED TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BY LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, AND 

FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

APRIL 14, 2008.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. WELCH, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 1103] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 1103, 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 H.R. 2634, the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation 

of 2007, under a structured rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 

ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial Services. 

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 

amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 

Committee on Financial Services now printed in the bill shall be 

considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and 

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

against the amendment in the nature of a substitute except for 

clause 10 of rule XXI. 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 


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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 

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) the Committee 

is not aware of any points of order. The waiver of all points of order 

is prophylactic. The waiver of all points of order against the 

amendment in the nature of a substitute (except clause 10 of rule 

XXI) includes a waiver of clause 7 of rule XVI, relating to germaneness. 

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. 467 

Date: April 14, 2008. 

Measure: H.R. 2634. 

Motion by: Mr. Sessions. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. King (IA), #6, which modifies 

the definition of an ‘‘eligible low-income country’’ to include a requirement that an eligible country must be one that supports the 

efforts of the United States to curtail human smuggling. 

Results: Defeated 3–7. 

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

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

Hastings (WA)—Yea; Sessions—Yea; Slaughter—Nay. 

SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. Frank (MA)/Bachus (AL)/Biggert (AL): The amendment makes 

various technical corrections within the bill’s ‘‘Findings’’ section, 

and adds under the eligibility criteria the requirement that a country must also be complying with minimum standards for eliminating human trafficking; cooperating with American efforts to 

stop illegal immigration to the United States; and be committed to 

free and fair elections. (10 minutes) 

2. Rohrabacher (CA): The amendment adds a provision to Section 

1626, defining an ‘‘eligible low-income country’’ to include that the 

government shall have been chosen by, and permits, free elections. 

(10 minutes) 

3. Hastings (FL): The amendment adds a Sense of the Congress 

that, due to the current humanitarian and political instability in 

Haiti, including food shortages and political turmoil, the Secretary 

of the Treasury should use his influence to expedite the complete 

and immediate cancellation of Haiti’s debts to all international financial institutions, or if such debt cancellation cannot be provided, 

to urge the institutions to immediately suspend the requirement 


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that Haiti make further debt service payments on debts owed to 

the institutions. (10 minutes) 

4. Weiner (NY): The amendment modifies the qualification for ‘‘eligible low-income country’’ to include those countries that are eligible for both International Development Association loans and 

World Bank loans. (10 minutes) 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FRANK OF

MASSACHUSETTS, OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 6, beginning on line 17, strike ‘‘economic policy conditionality’’ and insert ‘‘certain economic policy conditionalities’’. Page 6, beginning on line 22, strike ‘‘economic’’ and all that follows through ‘‘IMF,’’ on line 24 and insert ‘‘certain economic policy 

conditions, including the privatization of essential basic services 

such as water,’’. Page 7, line 22, strike ‘‘requirements’’ and insert ‘‘economic criteria’’. 

Page 9, line 5, insert ‘‘, without undermining the financial integrity of the institution’’ before the period. 

Page 9, line 14, insert ‘‘, or to other countries eligible for assistance from the International Development Association’’ before the 

period. 

Page 15, line 9, insert ‘‘from’’ before ‘‘the’’. 

Page 15, line 20, strike ‘‘repeatedly’’. 

Page 16, line 1, insert ‘‘with the United States’’ after ‘‘cooperating’’. 

Page 16, line 2, strike ‘‘and’’. 

Page 16, line 5, strike ‘‘consistent’’. 

Page 16, line 6, strike ‘‘rights.’’ and all that follows through the 

second period and insert ‘‘rights (as defined in section 116 of the 

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–195));’’. 

Page 16, after line 6, insert the following: 

‘‘(7) the government of which has not been identified in the 

most recent Trafficking in Persons Report issued by the Department of State as not fully complying with minimum standards for eliminating human trafficking and not making significant efforts to do so; 

‘‘(8) the government of which has been determined by the 

President to be cooperating with United States efforts to stop 

illegal immigration to the United States; and 

‘‘(9) the government of which has been determined by the 

President to be committed to free and fair elections.’’. 

Page 16, beginning on line 21, strike ‘‘without any conditions 

except requiring the government of such a country to—’’ and 

inserting ‘‘only on the condition that the government of such a 

country—’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROHRABACHER OF CALIFORNIA, OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

In section 1626(h) of the International Financial Institutions Act, 

as proposed to be added by section 3 of the bill, strike ‘‘and’’ at the 


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end of paragraph (5), strike the period at the end of paragraph (6) 

and insert ‘‘; and’’, and add at the end the following: ‘‘(7) the government of which was chosen by and permits free 

and fair elections.’’. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE HASTINGS

OF FLORIDA, OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill, add the following: 

SEC. lll. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 

(a) FINDING.—The Congress finds that Haiti is scheduled to send 

$48,700,000 in debt payments to multilateral financial institutions 

in 2008. 

(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress 

that, due to the current humanitarian and political instability in 

Haiti, including food shortages and political turmoil, the Secretary 

of the Treasury should use his influence to expedite the complete 

and immediate cancellation of Haiti’s debts to all international financial institutions, or if such debt cancellation cannot be provided, 

to urge the institutions to immediately suspend the requirement 

that Haiti make further debt service payments on debts owed to 

the institutions. 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WEINER OF

NEW YORK, OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 15, beginning on line 9, strike ‘‘but not’’ and insert ‘‘and’’. 

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