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House Calendar No. 148 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 908 

[Report No. 115–702] 

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5515) to authorize 

appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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, and 

providing for proceedings during the period from May 25, 2018, through 

June 4, 2018. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2018 

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. 5515) 

to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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, 

and providing for proceedings during the period from 

May 25, 2018, through June 4, 2018. 

1 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso2 lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 


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1 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

2 the Whole House on the state of the Union for further 

3 consideration of the bill (H.R. 5515) to authorize appro4 priations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the 

5 Department of Defense and for military construction, to 

6 prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 

7 and for other purposes. 

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

9 amended, shall be in order except those printed in the re10 port of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolu11 tion and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this 

12 resolution. (b) Each further amendment printed in the re13 port of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only 

14 in the order printed in the report, may be offered only 

15 by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

16 as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 

17 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

18 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

19 not be subject to a demand for division of the question 

20 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. (c) All 

21 points of order against the further amendments printed 

22 in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments 

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

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

25 of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to 


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1 offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print2 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

3 this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments en 

4 bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered 

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

6 and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 

7 of the Committee on Armed Services or their designees, 

8 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub9 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

10 or in the Committee of the Whole. 

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

12 for amendment pursuant to this resolution the Committee 

13 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such fur14 ther amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

15 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

16 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

17 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in18 structions. 

19 SEC. 5. On any legislative day during the period from 

20 May 25, 2018, through June 4, 2018 -- (a) the Journal 

21 of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered 

22 as approved; and (b) the Chair may at any time declare 

23 the House adjourned to meet at a date and time, within 

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1 tion, to be announced by the Chair in declaring the ad2 journment. 

3 SEC. 6. The Speaker may appoint Members to per4 form the duties of the Chair for the duration of the period 

5 addressed by section 5 of this resolution as though under 

6 clause 8(a) of rule I. 

7 SEC. 7. Each day during the period addressed by sec8 tion 5 of this resolution shall not constitute a calendar 

9 day of continuous session for purposes of section 1017(b) 

10 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 

11 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 688(b)). 


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House Calendar No. 148 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 908 

[Report No. 115–702] 

RESOLUTION 

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

2018, through June 4, 2018. proceedings during the period from May 25, year, and for other purposes, and providing for scribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal Defense and for military construction, to pre2019 for military activities of the Department of 5515) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 

MAY 22, 2018 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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