[DOCID: f:hr488.110] From the House Reports Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] 110th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 110-488 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY THE BILL (H.R. 1585) TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES _______ December 11, 2007.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ Ms. Castor, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H. Res. 860] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 860, 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. 1585, the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.'' The rule waives all points of order against the conference report and its consideration. The rule provides that the conferees on H.R. 3093 are hereby discharged and that the conference and its accompanying papers are hereby tabled. EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS The waiver of all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration includes a waiver of clause 9 of rule XXII (precluding conferees from including matter outside the scope of conference). Although the rule waives all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration, the conference report does not violate either clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI (requiring earmarks to be disclosed and requiring conference reports to be in compliance with the paygo rule). <all>