IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 686 
Amending the Rules of the House to restore transparency, accountability, 
and oversight, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2006 
Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, and 
Ms. MATSUI) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Standards 
of Official Conduct, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House to restore transparency, 
accountability, and oversight, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. CHANGES AFFECTING THE SCOPE RULE FOR 
CONFERENCE REPORTS. 
Clause 9 of rule XXII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘9.’’ 
and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(b) A rule or order providing for the consideration 
of a conference report to the House shall contain an 
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itemized list of any provisions in such conference report 
that would be in violation of paragraph (a). 
‘‘(c)(1) It shall not be in order to consider a rule or 
order that provides for the consideration of a conference 
report to the House in violation of paragraph (a). 
‘‘(2) As disposition of a point of order under para-
graph (a), the Chair shall put the question of consider-
ation with respect to the proposition that is the subject 
of the point of order. A question of consideration under 
this clause shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the Mem-
ber initiating the point of order and for 10 minutes by 
an opponent of the point of order, but shall otherwise be 
decided without intervening motion except one that the 
House adjourn or that the Committee of the Whole rise, 
as the case may be. 
‘‘(3) The disposition of the question of consideration 
under this clause with respect to a bill or joint resolution 
shall be considered also to determine the question of con-
sideration under this clause with respect to an amendment 
made in order as original text. 
‘‘(d) A motion proposing only to strike a provision 
in a conference report in violation of paragraph (a), if oth-
erwise in order, may be precluded from consideration only 
by specific terms of a special order of the House.’’. 
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SEC. 2. WAIVER OF 3-DAY LAYOVERS AGAINST CON-
FERENCE REPORTS. 
Clause 8(a) of rule XXII of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(3)(A) It shall not be in order to consider a rule 
or order that provides for the waiver of subparagraph (1). 
‘‘(B) As disposition of a point of order under sub-
paragraph (1), the Chair shall put the question of consid-
eration with respect to the proposition that is the subject 
of the point of order. A question of consideration under 
this clause shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the Mem-
ber initiating the point of order and for 10 minutes by 
an opponent of the point of order, but shall otherwise be 
decided without intervening motion except one that the 
House adjourn or that the Committee of the Whole rise, 
as the case may be. 
‘‘(C) The disposition of the question of consideration 
under this clause with respect to a bill or joint resolution 
shall be considered also to determine the question of con-
sideration under this clause with respect to an amendment 
made in order as original text.’’. 
SEC. 3. INTEGRITY OF A CONFERENCE. 
Clause 8 of rule XXII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
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