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 PUBLIC LAW 110–81—SEPT. 14, 2007

121 STAT. 757

may be necessary to ensure that the convicted individual does not benefit from any such payment. ‘‘(6) For purposes of this subsection— ‘‘(A) the terms ‘finally convicted’ and ‘final conviction’ refer to a conviction (i) which has not been appealed and is no longer appealable because the time for taking an appeal has expired, or (ii) which has been appealed and the appeals process for which is completed; ‘‘(B) the term ‘Member’ has the meaning given such term by section 2106, notwithstanding section 8401(20); and ‘‘(C) the term ‘child’ has the meaning given such term by section 8441.’’.

TITLE V—SENATE LEGISLATIVE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY Subtitle A—Procedural Reform SEC. 511. AMENDMENTS TO RULE XXVIII.

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(a) OUT OF SCOPE MATERIAL AMENDMENT.—Rule XXVIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by— (1) redesignating paragraphs 4 through 6 as paragraphs 6 through 8, respectively; and (2) striking paragraphs 2 and 3 and inserting the following: ‘‘2. (a) Conferees shall not insert in their report matter not committed to them by either House, nor shall they strike from the bill matter agreed to by both Houses. ‘‘(b) If matter which was agreed to by both Houses is stricken from the bill a point of order may be made against the report, and if the point of order is sustained, the report is rejected or shall be recommitted to the committee of conference if the House of Representatives has not already acted thereon. ‘‘(c) If new matter is inserted in the report, a point of order may be made against the conference report and it shall be disposed of as provided under paragraph 4. ‘‘3. (a) In any case in which a disagreement to an amendment in the nature of a substitute has been referred to conferees— ‘‘(1) it shall be in order for the conferees to report a substitute on the same subject matter; ‘‘(2) the conferees may not include in the report matter not committed to them by either House; and ‘‘(3) the conferees may include in their report in any such case matter which is a germane modification of subjects in disagreement. ‘‘(b) In any case in which the conferees violate subparagraph (a), a point of order may be made against the conference report and it shall be disposed of as provided under paragraph 4. ‘‘4. (a) A Senator may raise a point of order that one or more provisions of a conference report violates paragraph 2 or paragraph 3, as the case may be. The Presiding Officer may sustain the point of order as to some or all of the provisions against which the Senator raised the point of order. ‘‘(b) If the Presiding Officer sustains the point of order as to any of the provisions against which the Senator raised the point of order, then those provisions against which the Presiding

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