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House Calendar No. 61 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 403 

[Report No. 110–151] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1585) to authorize appropriations 

for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 

to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2008, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 15, 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. 1585) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 

personnel strengths for fiscal year 2008, 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. 1585) to authorize appropriations 

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1 for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Depart2 ment of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths 

3 for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes. The first 

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

5 order against consideration of the bill are waived except 

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

7 debate shall be confined to the bill and the amendments 

8 made in order by this resolution and shall not exceed 90 

9 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman 

10 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 

11 Services. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

12 for amendment under the five-minute rule. 

13 SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi14 nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five15 minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute 

16 recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now 

17 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na18 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points 

19 of order against the committee amendment in the nature 

20 of a substitute are waived except those arising under 

21 clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 

22 (b) Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 

23 amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 

24 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 

25 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

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1 resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 

2 3 of this resolution. 

3 (c) Each amendment printed in the report of the 

4 Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 

5 printed in the report (except as specified in section 4 of 

6 this resolution), may be offered only by a Member des7 ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

8 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

9 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

10 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub11 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

12 or in the Committee of the Whole. 

13 (d) All points of order against amendments printed 

14 in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments 

15 en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived 

16 except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 

17 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair18 man of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee 

19 to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments 

20 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom21 panying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amend22 ments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be con23 sidered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally 

24 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi25 nority member of the Committee on Armed Services or 

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1 their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and 

2 shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques3 tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The 

4 original proponent of an amendment included in such 

5 amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Con6 gressional Record immediately before the disposition of 

7 the amendments en bloc. 

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

9 may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed 

10 in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

11 this resolution out of the order printed, but not sooner 

12 than 30 minutes after the chairman of the Committee on 

13 Armed Services or a designee announces from the floor 

14 a request to that effect. 

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

16 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

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

19 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

20 the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in 

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

22 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

23 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

24 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

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1 SEC. 6. During consideration in the House of H.R. 

2 1585 pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the op3 eration of the previous question, the Chair may postpone 

4 further consideration of the bill to such time as may be 

5 designated by the Speaker. 

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House Calendar No. 61 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 403 

[Report No. 110

–151] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1585) 

for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes. fense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for military activities of the Department of Deto authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 

MAY 15, 2007 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 

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