H. Res. 431 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

July 12, 2017. 

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

declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole 

House on the state of the Union 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. The 

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

order against consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 

hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 

minority member of the Committee on Armed Services. After 

general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the 

nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 

Armed Services now printed in the bill, an amendment in the 

nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Com-
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mittee Print 115–23, modified by the amendment printed in 

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

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

amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and 

shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. 

SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part B of the 

report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this 

resolution. 

(b) Each further amendment printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only in 

the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a 

Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 

shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject 

to a demand for division of the question in the House or in 

the Committee of the Whole. 

(c) All points of order against the further amendments 

printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules 
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or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived. 

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

the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to offer 

amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in 

part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments 

en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered 

as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and 

controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

Committee on Armed Services or their designees, shall not be 

subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand 

for division of the question in the House or in the Committee 

of the Whole. 

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

amendment pursuant to this resolution, the Committee of the 

Whole shall rise without motion. No further consideration of 

the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent 

order of the House. 

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

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

the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House 

on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 

23) to provide drought relief in the State of California, and 

for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
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pensed with. All points of order against consideration of the 

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

and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled 

by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 

on Natural Resources. After general debate the bill shall be 

considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall 

be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 

amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in the 

nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115–24. That amendment in the nature of a 

substitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 

against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

waived. No amendment to that amendment in the nature of 

a substitute shall be in order except those printed in part C 

of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in the 

order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 

designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 

debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided 

and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not 

be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the 

Committee of the Whole. All points of order against such 

amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of 

the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report 
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the bill to the House with such amendments as may have 

been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in 

the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

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

a substitute made in order as original text. The previous 

question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

Attest: 

Clerk.