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House Calendar No. 63 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 440 

[Report No. 115–217] 

Providing for further 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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 13 (legislative day, JULY 12), 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 further 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. 

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 further 

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1 priations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the 

2 Department of Defense and for military construction, to 

3 prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 

4 and for other purposes. 

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

6 amended, shall be in order except those printed in the re7 port of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolu8 tion and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this 

9 resolution. 

10 (b) Each further amendment printed in the report of 

11 the Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the 

12 order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Mem13 ber designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 

14 shall be debatable for the time specified in the report 

15 equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 

16 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 the further amend20 ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 

21 or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this reso22 lution 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 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

2 this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments en 

3 bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered 

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

5 and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 

6 of the Committee on Armed Services or their designees, 

7 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub8 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

9 or in the Committee of the Whole. 

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

11 for amendment pursuant to this resolution the Committee 

12 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such fur13 ther amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

14 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

15 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

16 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in17 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 63 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 440 

[Report No. 115–217] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 

year, and for other purposes. scribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal Defense and for military construction, to pre2018 for military activities of the Department of 2810) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 

JULY 13 (legislative day, JULY 12), 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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