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House Calendar No. 82 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1287 

[Report No. 118–551] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8070) to authorize appropriations 

for fiscal year 2025 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; 

relating to the consideration of House Report 118–527 and an accompanying resolution; and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 11, 2024 

Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, from the Committee on Rules, reported the 

following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8070) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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; relating to the consideration of House 

Report 118–527 and an accompanying resolution; and 

for other purposes. 


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1 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso2 lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 

3 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

4 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 8070) to authorize appropriations 

6 for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Depart7 ment of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 

8 activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe mili9 tary personnel strengths for such fiscal year. The first 

10 reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of 

11 order against consideration of the bill are waived. General 

12 debate shall be confined to the bill and amendments speci13 fied in this section and shall not exceed one hour equally 

14 divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

15 member of the Committee on Armed Services or their re16 spective designees. After general debate the bill shall be 

17 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In 

18 lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec19 ommended by the Committee on Armed Services now 

20 printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a sub21 stitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 

22 118–36, modified by the amendment printed in part A of 

23 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

24 resolution, shall be considered as adopted in the House 

25 and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, 


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1 shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of 

2 further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall 

3 be considered as read. All points of order against provi4 sions in the bill, as amended, are waived. 

5 SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to H.R. 8070, as 

6 amended, shall be in order except those printed in part 

7 B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

8 this resolution and amendments en bloc described in sec9 tion 3 of this resolution. 

10 (b) Each further amendment printed in part B of the 

11 report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only 

12 in the order printed in the report, may be offered only 

13 by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

14 as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 

15 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

16 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

17 not be subject to a demand for division of the question 

18 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

19 (c) All points of order against further amendments 

20 printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules 

21 or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of 

22 this resolution are waived. 

23 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair 

24 of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to 

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1 ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 

2 on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed 

3 of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section 

4 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 40 min5 utes equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank6 ing minority member of the Committee on Armed Services 

7 or their respective designees, shall not be subject to 

8 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi9 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

10 of the Whole. 

11 SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of H.R. 

12 8070 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report 

13 the bill, as amended, to the House with such further 

14 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

15 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as 

16 amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final 

17 passage without intervening motion except one motion to 

18 recommit. 

19 SEC. 5. If House Report 118–527 is called up by di20 rection of the Committee on the Judiciary: (a) all points 

21 of order against the report are waived and the report shall 

22 be considered as read; and (b)(1) an accompanying resolu23 tion offered by direction of the Committee on the Judici24 ary shall be considered as read and shall not be subject 

25 to a point of order; and (2) the previous question shall 


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1 be considered as ordered on such resolution to adoption 

2 without intervening motion or demand for division of the 

3 question except one hour of debate equally divided and 

4 controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 

5 the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective des6 ignees. 

7 SEC. 6. Upon adoption of the resolution accom8 panying House Report 118-527, the resolution accom9 panying House Report 118-533 is hereby adopted. 


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House Calendar No. 82 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1287 

[Report No. 118–551] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8070) 

and for other purposes. port 118–527 and an accompanying resolution; year; relating to the consideration of House Rescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal activities of the Department of Energy, to prefense, for military construction, and for defense for military activities of the Department of Deto authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 

JUNE 11, 2024 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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