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House Calendar No. 62 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 431 

[Report No. 115–212] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2810) to authorize appropriations 

for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense 

and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths 

for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 23) to provide drought relief in the State of 

California, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 11, 2017 

Mr. BYRNE, 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. 2810) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 

such fiscal year, and for other purposes, and providing 

for consideration of the bill (H.R. 23) to provide drought 

relief in the State of California, 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 


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1 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

2 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider3 ation of the bill (H.R. 2810) to authorize appropriations 

4 for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Depart5 ment of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 

6 military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 

7 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis8 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 

9 the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to 

10 the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 

11 controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 

12 the Committee on Armed Services. After general debate 

13 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five14 minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of 

15 a substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed 

16 Services now printed in the bill, an amendment in the na17 ture of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Com18 mittee Print 115-23, modified by the amendment printed 

19 in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom20 panying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted in 

21 the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, 

22 as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for 

23 the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute 

24 rule and shall be considered as read. All points of order 

25 against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. 


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1 SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill, as 

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

3 B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

4 this resolution and amendments en bloc described in sec5 tion 3 of this resolution. 

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

7 report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only 

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

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

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

11 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

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

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

15 (c) All points of order against the further amend16 ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 

17 on Rules or amendments en bloc described in section 3 

18 of this resolution are waived. 

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

20 of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to 

21 offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print22 ed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules ac23 companying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amend24 ments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be con25 sidered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally 


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1 divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

2 member of the Committee on Armed Services or their des3 ignees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not 

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

5 House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

6 SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

7 for amendment pursuant to this resolution, the Committee 

8 of the Whole shall rise without motion. No further consid9 eration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a 

10 subsequent order of the House. 

11 SEC. 5. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

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

13 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

14 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

15 of the bill (H.R. 23) to provide drought relief in the State 

16 of California, and for other purposes. The first reading 

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

18 against consideration of the bill are waived. General de19 bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 

20 hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank21 ing minority member of the Committee on Natural Re22 sources. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

23 for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in 

24 order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 

25 amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in 


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1 the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 

2 Committee Print 115-24. That amendment in the nature 

3 of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of 

4 order against that amendment in the nature of a sub5 stitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in 

6 the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those 

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

8 accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment may 

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

10 be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 

11 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 

12 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

13 the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

14 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi15 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

16 of the Whole. All points of order against such amendments 

17 are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

18 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

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

21 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

22 the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature 

23 of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous 

24 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

25 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 


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1 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in2 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 62 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 431 

[Report No. 115–212] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2810) 

purposes. relief in the State of California, and for other eration of the bill (H.R. 23) to provide drought and for other purposes, and providing for considmilitary personnel strengths for such fiscal year, fense and for military construction, to prescribe for military activities of the Department of Deto authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 

JULY 11, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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