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House Calendar No. 83 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1316 

[Report No. 118–559] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8774) making appropriations 

for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2025, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the 

bill (H.R. 8771) making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration 

of the bill (H.R. 8752) making appropriations for the Department of 

Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 25, 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. 8774) making 

appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other 

purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 

8771) making appropriations for the Department of 

State, foreign operations, and related programs for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other 


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purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill 

(H.R. 8752) making appropriations for the Department 

of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

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. 8774) making appropriations for 

6 the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep7 tember 30, 2025, and for other purposes. The first reading 

8 of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 

9 against consideration of the bill are waived. General de10 bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 

11 hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank12 ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations 

13 or their respective designees. After general debate the bill 

14 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 

15 rule. An amendment in the nature of a substitute con16 sisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118–40 shall 

17 be considered as adopted in the House and in the Com18 mittee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be consid19 ered as the original bill for the purpose of further amend20 ment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered 

21 as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, 

22 as amended, are waived. 


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1 SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to H.R. 8774, as 

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

3 A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

4 this resolution, amendments en bloc described in section 

5 3 of this resolution, and pro forma amendments described 

6 in section 4 of this resolution. 

7 (b) Each further amendment printed in part A of the 

8 report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only 

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

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

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

12 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

13 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except 

14 as provided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall not 

15 be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 

16 House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

17 (c) All points of order against further amendments 

18 printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 

19 or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of 

20 this resolution are waived. 

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

22 of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee to 

23 offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amend24 ments printed in part A of the report of the Committee 

25 on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed 


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1 of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section 

2 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 min3 utes equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank4 ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations 

5 or their respective designees, shall not be subject to 

6 amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolu7 tion, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

8 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

9 Whole. 

10 SEC. 4. During consideration of H.R. 8774 for 

11 amendment, the chair and ranking minority member of 

12 the Committee on Appropriations or their respective des13 ignees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each 

14 at any point for the purpose of debate. 

15 SEC. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of H.R. 

16 8774 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report 

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

18 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

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

20 amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final 

21 passage without intervening motion except one motion to 

22 recommit. 

23 SEC. 6. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

24 the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

25 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 


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1 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

2 of the bill (H.R. 8771) making appropriations for the De3 partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro4 grams for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and 

5 for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be 

6 dispensed with. All points of order against consideration 

7 of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined 

8 to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided 

9 and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 

10 of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective 

11 designees. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

12 for amendment under the five-minute rule. An amendment 

13 in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 

14 Committee Print 118–39 shall be considered as adopted 

15 in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The 

16 bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill 

17 for the purpose of further amendment under the five18 minute rule and shall be considered as read. All points 

19 of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are 

20 waived. 

21 SEC. 7. (a) No further amendment to H.R. 8771, as 

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

23 B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

24 this resolution, amendments en bloc described in section 


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1 8 of this resolution, and pro forma amendments described 

2 in section 9 of this resolution. 

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

4 report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only 

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

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

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

8 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

9 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except 

10 as provided by section 9 of this resolution, and shall not 

11 be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 

12 House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

13 (c) All points of order against further amendments 

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

15 or against amendments en bloc described in section 8 of 

16 this resolution are waived. 

17 SEC. 8. It shall be in order at any time for the chair 

18 of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee to 

19 offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amend20 ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 

21 on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed 

22 of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section 

23 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 min24 utes equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank25 ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations 


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1 or their respective designees, shall not be subject to 

2 amendment except as provided by section 9 of this resolu3 tion, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

4 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

5 Whole. 

6 SEC. 9. During consideration of H.R. 8771 for 

7 amendment, the chair and ranking minority member of 

8 the Committee on Appropriations or their respective des9 ignees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each 

10 at any point for the purpose of debate. 

11 SEC. 10. At the conclusion of consideration of H.R. 

12 8771 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. 11. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

20 the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

21 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

22 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

23 of the bill (H.R. 8752) making appropriations for the De24 partment of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 

25 September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. The first 


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

2 order against consideration of the bill are waived. General 

3 debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 

4 one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and 

5 ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropria6 tions or their respective designees. After general debate 

7 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five8 minute rule. An amendment in the nature of a substitute 

9 consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118–38, 

10 modified by the amendment specified in section 17 of this 

11 resolution, shall be considered as adopted in the House 

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

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

14 further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall 

15 be considered as read. All points of order against provi16 sions in the bill, as amended, are waived. 

17 SEC. 12. (a) No further amendment to H.R. 8752, 

18 as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part 

19 C of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

20 this resolution, amendments en bloc described in section 

21 13 of this resolution, and pro forma amendments de22 scribed in section 14 of this resolution. 

23 (b) Each further amendment printed in part C of the 

24 report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only 

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


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

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

3 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

4 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except 

5 as provided by section 14 of this resolution, and shall not 

6 be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 

7 House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

8 (c) All points of order against further amendments 

9 printed in part C of the report of the Committee on Rules 

10 or against amendments en bloc described in section 13 of 

11 this resolution are waived. 

12 SEC. 13. It shall be in order at any time for the chair 

13 of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee to 

14 offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amend15 ments printed in part C of the report of the Committee 

16 on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed 

17 of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section 

18 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 min19 utes equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank20 ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations 

21 or their respective designees, shall not be subject to 

22 amendment except as provided by section 14 of this reso23 lution, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

24 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

25 Whole. 


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1 SEC. 14. During consideration of H.R. 8752 for 

2 amendment, the chair and ranking minority member of 

3 the Committee on Appropriations or their respective des4 ignees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each 

5 at any point for the purpose of debate. 

6 SEC. 15. At the conclusion of consideration of H.R. 

7 8752 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report 

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

9 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

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

11 amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final 

12 passage without intervening motion except one motion to 

13 recommit. 

14 SEC. 16. The Clerk shall not transmit to the Senate 

15 a message that the House has passed H.R. 8752 until no16 tified by the Speaker that H.R. 2, as passed by the House 

17 on May 11, 2023, has been enacted into law. 

18 SEC. 17. The amendment referred to in section 11 

19 of this resolution is as follows: 

20 ′′Strike section 406 and strike section 413 and 

21 insert SEC.lll. Notwithstanding the numerical 

22 limitation set forth in section 214(g)(1)(B) of the 

23 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

24 1184(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of Homeland Secu25 rity, after consultation with the Secretary of Labor, 


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1 and upon determining that the needs of American 

2 businesses cannot be satisfied during fiscal year 

3 2025 with United States workers who are willing, 

4 qualified, and able to perform temporary non5 agricultural labor, may increase the total number of 

6 aliens who may receive a visa under section 

7 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 

8 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) in such fiscal year above such 

9 limitation by not more than the highest number of 

10 H–2B nonimmigrants who participated in the H–2B 

11 returning worker program in any fiscal year in 

12 which returning workers were exempt from such nu13 merical limitation.’’. 


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House Calendar No. 83 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1316 

[Report No. 118–559] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8774) 

purposes. year ending September 30, 2025, and for other Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal bill (H.R. 8752) making appropriations for the purposes; and providing for consideration of the year ending September 30, 2025, and for other operations, and related programs for the fiscal priations for the Department of State, foreign sideration of the bill (H.R. 8771) making appro2025, and for other purposes; providing for conDefense for the fiscal year ending September 30, making appropriations for the Department of 

JUNE 25, 2024 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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