[House Report 106-670] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 106th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106-670 ====================================================================== WAIVING POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST THE CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY S. 761, THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT _______ June 12, 2000.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ Mr. Sessions, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H. Res. 523] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 523, 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 waives all points of order against the conference report to accompany S. 761, the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act and against its consideration. The rule further provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. The waiver of all points of order includes a waiver of clause 8 of rule XXII (requiring a three-day layover of a conference report) because, although the conference report was filed Thursday, June 8, the printed copy was not available until Monday, June 12 and the conference report may be considered by the House as early as Tuesday, June 13. A waiver of clause 7(d) of rule XXII (concerning the sufficiency of the joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference report) is also needed because the joint explanatory statement does not contain sufficient detail as required by the rules of the House.