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House Calendar No. 32 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 260 

[Report No. 114–112] 

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1735) to authorize 

appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 

MAY 13, 2015 

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. 1735) 

to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 2016 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. No further general debate shall 

5 be in order. 

6 SEC. 2. (a) In lieu of the amendment in the nature 

7 of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed 

8 Services now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to 

9 consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 

10 under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature 

11 of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 

12 Print 114-14. That amendment in the nature of a sub13 stitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 

14 against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

15 waived. 

16 (b) No amendment to the amendment in the nature 

17 of a substitute made in order as original text shall be in 

18 order except those printed in the report of the Committee 

19 on Rules accompanying this resolution and amendments 

20 en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution. 

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

22 Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 

23 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 

24 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

25 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 


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1 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

2 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub3 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

4 or in the Committee of the Whole. 

5 (d) All points of order against amendments printed 

6 in the report of the Committee on Rules or against amend7 ments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are 

8 waived. 

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

10 of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to 

11 offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print12 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

13 this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments en 

14 bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered 

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

16 and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 

17 of the Committee on Armed Services or their respective 

18 designees, 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. 

21 SEC. 4. 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 amendment in the nature 

2 of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous 

3 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

4 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

5 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in6 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 32 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 260 

[Report No. 114–112] 

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 pre2016 for military activities of the Department of 1735) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 

MAY 13, 2015 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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