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House Calendar No. 35 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 274 

[Report No. 110–78] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1538) to amend title 10, United 

States Code, to improve the management of medical care, personnel 

actions, and quality of life issues for members of the Armed Forces 

who are receiving medical care in an outpatient status, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 27, 2007 

Ms. CASTOR, 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. 1538) to amend 

title 10, United States Code, to improve the management 

of medical care, personnel actions, and quality of life 

issues for members of the Armed Forces who are receiving medical care in an outpatient status, 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 


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1 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 

2 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider3 ation of the bill (H.R. 1538) to amend title 10, United 

4 States Code, to improve the management of medical care, 

5 personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members 

6 of the Armed Forces who are receiving medical care in 

7 an outpatient status, and for other purposes. The first 

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

9 order against consideration of the bill are waived except 

10 those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General 

11 debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 

12 one hour and 20 minutes, with one hour equally divided 

13 and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 

14 member of the Committee on Armed Services and 20 min15 utes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 

16 ranking minority member of the Committee on Veterans’ 

17 Affairs. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

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

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

20 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in 

21 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee 

22 on Armed Services now printed in the bill. The committee 

23 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid24 ered as read. All points of order against the committee 

25 amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived except 


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1 those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. Notwith2 standing clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the 

3 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 

4 be in order except those printed in the report of the Com5 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such 

6 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

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

8 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat9 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

10 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 

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

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

13 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 

14 such amendments are waived except those arising under 

15 clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. At the conclusion of consider16 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

17 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

18 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 

19 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

20 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com21 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre22 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 

23 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter24 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or 

25 without instructions. 


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1 SEC. 2. During consideration in the House of H.R. 

2 1538 pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the op3 eration of the previous question, the Chair may postpone 

4 further consideration of the bill to a time designated by 

5 the Speaker. 


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House Calendar No. 35 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 274 

[Report No. 110

–78] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1538) 

in an outpatient status, and for other purposes. the Armed Forces who are receiving medical care actions, and quality of life issues for members of prove the management of medical care, personnel to amend title 10, United States Code, to imMARCH 27, 2007 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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