to report out
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8.5
- phrasal verb
- /rɪˈpɔrt aʊt/
- Jargon
:
informar
- GAWL's January 27, 1949, bulletin contained the news from Amber Anderson that the amended bill, which exempted women with children under sixteen from serving when they asked to be excused, had been introduced in the House on January 24, and that it had been reported out of committee.
- report out of committee
Examples
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As Congress neared adjournment, the committee was expected to report out a decontrol bill.
Academic text (1990) -
The speaker also gained the right to set deadlines for committees to report out legislation.
Academic text (1990) -
One day Bob came into my office and he said, Chuck, the committee is ready to report out the recommendation.
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Responding to the bill reported out of committee, the Center reiterates its strong opposition to irresponsible and unnecessary changes to USDA's regulations and joins a growing number of organizations and businesses in opposing the riders.
Blog text (10) -
On the occasion, June 29, 1993, that the Subcommittee on International Organizations of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations reported out the legislation creating the present commission, Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts made this comment concerning classified documents that the Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs had reviewed:
Academic text (1997) -
To make sure that Claude Pepper (D-Fla.), then chairman of Rules, reported out the 1986 tax-reform bill with a rule allowing few floor amendments, Rostenkowski loaded the measure with tax goodies for him.
Academic text (1990) -
The committee plans to report out the revised bill during the next session.
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Members of the budget committee are set to report out their findings next week.
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After careful consideration, the subcommittee will report out its proposal for new regulations.
Synonyms
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5.6
Formally announce a decision in a legal or official context
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The particle 'out' conveys an outward direction so a learner who knows 'report' and 'out' could infer a general sense of reporting something outward from a group, but the precise procedural meaning (a committee returning a bill to the full legislative body after consideration/revision) is specialized legal/political jargon and not fully predictable. Because there is a visible compositional relation but the exact sense requires domain knowledge or exposure, this is best classified as partially transparent.
Etymology
The verb report out comes from small committee meetings, when the group reports a bill out to the whole group. Picture members carrying the bill out of their room into the big meeting so everyone can see and vote. That's why report out means 'to send a bill to the whole legislature'.