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House Calendar No. 43 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 293 

[Report No. 109–96] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1815) to authorize appropriations 

for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 

to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2006, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 24), 2005 

Mr. COLE, 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. 1815) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 

personnel strengths for fiscal year 2006, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 

3 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 1815) to authorize appropriations 
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1 for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Depart2 ment of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths 

3 for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes. The first 

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

5 order against consideration of the bill are waived. General 

6 debate shall be confined to the bill and the amendments 

7 made in order by this resolution and shall not exceed one 

8 hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 

9 ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 

10 Services. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

11 for amendment under the five-minute rule. 

12 SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi13 nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five14 minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute 

15 recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now 

16 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na17 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points 

18 of order against the committee amendment in the nature 

19 of a substitute are waived. 

20 (b) Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 

21 amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 

22 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 

23 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

24 resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 

25 3 of this resolution. 
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1 (c) Each amendment printed in the report of the 

2 Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 

3 printed in the report (except as specified in section 4 of 

4 this resolution), may be offered only by a Member des5 ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, and 

6 shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques7 tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. Each 

8 amendment printed in the report shall be debatable as 

9 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

10 the proponent and an opponent and shall not be subject 

11 to amendment (except that the chairman and ranking mi12 nority member of the Committee on Armed Services each 

13 may offer one pro forma amendment for the purpose of 

14 further debate on any pending amendment). 

15 (d) All points of order against amendments printed 

16 in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments 

17 en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived. 

18 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair19 man of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee 

20 to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments 

21 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom22 panying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amend23 ments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be con24 sidered as read, shall be debatable for 40 minutes equally 

25 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
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1 nority member of the Committee on Armed Services or 

2 their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and 

3 shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques4 tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The 

5 original proponent of an amendment included in such 

6 amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Con7 gressional Record immediately before the disposition of 

8 the amendments en bloc. 

9 SEC. 4. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 

10 may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed 

11 in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

12 this resolution out of the order printed, but not sooner 

13 than one hour after the chairman of the Committee on 

14 Armed Services or a designee announces from the floor 

15 a request to that effect. 

16 SEC. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

17 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

18 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 

19 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 

20 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

21 the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in 

22 the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be 

23 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

24 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

25 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
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1 SEC. 6. During consideration of the bill under this 

2 resolution— 

3 (a) after a motion that the Committee rise has been 

4 rejected on a legislative day, the Chairman of the Com5 mittee of the Whole may entertain another such motion 

6 on that day only if offered by the chairman of the Com7 mittee on Armed Services or the Majority Leader or a des8 ignee; and 

9 (b) after a motion to strike out the enacting words 

10 of the bill (as described in clause 9 of rule XVIII) has 

11 been rejected, the Chairman may not entertain another 

12 such motion. 
House Calendar No. 43 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 293 

[Report No. 109–96] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1815) 

for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes. fense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for military activities of the Department of Deto authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 

MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 24), 2005 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed