Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5522) to require the Secretary of Labor to issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust, and for other purposes.

Action history

1. 2008-04-30Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2. 2008-04-30On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 222 - 193 (Roll no. 228).
3. 2008-04-30On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 226 - 194 (Roll no. 227).
4. 2008-04-30Considered as unfinished business.
5. 2008-04-30POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H. Res. 1157, the Chair put the question on ordering the previous question and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart demanded the yeas and nays which were ordered and pursuant to the rule, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question until later in the legislative day.
6. 2008-04-30DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 1157.
7. 2008-04-30Considered as privileged matter.
8. 2008-04-29All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill.
9. 2008-04-29Introduced in House
10. 2008-04-29The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 110-613, by Mr. McGovern.
11. 2008-04-29Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 212.