[House Report 111-289] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 111th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 111-289 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY THE BILL (H.R. 2647) TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 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, TO PROVIDE SPECIAL PAYS AND ALLOWANCES TO CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, EXPAND CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF MILITARY RETIREMENT AND VA DISABILITY BENEFITS TO DISABLED MILITARY RETIREES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES _______ October 7, 2009.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ Ms. Slaughter, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H. Res. 808] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 808, 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. 2647, the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.'' The resolution waives all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration. The resolution provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. Finally, the resolution provides that the previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motion except one hour of debate and one motion to recommit, if applicable. EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the conference report includes a waiver of clause 8 of rule XXII (requiring a three-day layover of conference reports and the accompanying joint explanatory statement). Although the conference report contains a table of earmarks as defined in clause 9 of rule XXI, there is a technical violation of the rule because the disclosure does not contain the required preamble. Although the rule waives all points of order against the conference report, the Committee is not aware of any points of order. The waiver of all points of order is prophylactic.