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House Calendar No. 155

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 415

[Report No. 107–450]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4546) to authorize appropriations

for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense,

and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths

for fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 8, 2002

Mrs. MYRICK, 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. 4546) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for

fiscal year 2003, 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. 4546) to authorize appropriations
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1 for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Depart2 ment of Defense, and for military construction, to pre3 scribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003,

4 and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall

5 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider6 ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con7 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di8 vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor9 ity member of the Committee on Armed Services. After

10 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

11 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) No amendment to the committee amendment in

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

22 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom23 panying this resolution and amendments en bloc described

24 in section 3 of this resolution.
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1 (c) Except as specified in section 4 of this resolution,

2 each amendment printed in the report of the Committee

3 on Rules shall be considered only in the order printed in

4 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated

5 in the report, shall be considered as read, 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. Unless otherwise

8 specified in the report, each amendment printed in the re9 port shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and

10 controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not

11 be subject to amendment (except as specified in the report

12 and except that the chairman and ranking minority mem13 ber of the Committee on Armed Services each may offer

14 one pro forma amendment for the purpose of further de15 bate on any pending amendment).

16 (d) All points of order against amendments printed

17 in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments

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

19 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair20 man of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee

21 to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments

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

23 not earlier disposed of or germane modifications of any

24 such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant

25 to this section shall be considered as read (except that
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1 modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for 40

2 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman

3 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed

4 Services or their designees, shall not be subject to amend5 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division

6 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the

7 Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in such amendments

8 en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of a motion

9 to strike may be modified to the form of a germane per10 fecting amendment to the text originally proposed to be

11 stricken. The original proponent of an amendment in12 cluded in such amendments en bloc may insert a state13 ment in the Congressional Record immediately before the

14 disposition of the amendments en bloc.

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

16 may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed

17 in the report of the Committee on Rules out of the order

18 printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman

19 of the Committee on Armed Services or a designee an20 nounces from the floor a request to that effect.

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

22 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the

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

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

25 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of
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1 the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in

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

3 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto

4 to final passage without intervening motion except one

5 motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 155

107TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 415

[Report No. 107–450]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4546)

to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003for military activities of the Department of Defense, and for military construction, to prescribemilitary personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003,and for other purposes.

MAY 8, 2002

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed