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House Calendar No. 114 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 732 

[Report No. 114–569] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4909) to authorize appropriations 

for fiscal year 2017 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 16, 2016 

Mr. BYRNE of Alabama, 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. 4909) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 

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1 ation of the bill (H.R. 4909) to authorize appropriations 

2 for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Depart3 ment of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 

4 military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 

5 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis6 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 

7 the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to 

8 the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 

9 controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 

10 the Committee on Armed Services. After general debate 

11 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five12 minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of 

13 a substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed 

14 Services now printed in the bill, an amendment in the na15 ture of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Com16 mittee Print 114-51, modified by the amendment printed 

17 in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom18 panying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted in 

19 the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, 

20 as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for 

21 the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute 

22 rule and shall be considered as read. All points of order 

23 against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. 

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

25 amended, shall be in order except those printed in part 


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1 B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

2 this resolution and amendments en bloc described in sec3 tion 3 of this resolution. 

4 (b) Each further amendment printed in part B of the 

5 report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only 

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

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

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

9 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

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

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

12 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

13 (c) All points of order against the further amend14 ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 

15 on Rules or amendments en bloc described in section 3 

16 of this resolution are waived. 

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

18 of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to 

19 offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print20 ed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules ac21 companying 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 chair and ranking minority 

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1 ignees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not 

2 be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 

3 House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

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

5 for amendment pursuant to this resolution, the Committee 

6 of the Whole shall rise without motion. No further consid7 eration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a 

8 subsequent order of the House. 


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House Calendar No. 114 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 732 

[Report No. 114–569] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4909) 

and for other purposes. military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, fense and for military construction, to prescribe for military activities of the Department of Deto authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 

MAY 16, 2016 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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