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House Calendar No. 31 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 614 

[Report No. 118–158] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4366) making appropriations 

for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 

agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other 

purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 

9) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 

United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish 

and Wildlife Service relating to ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened Status With Section 

4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct Population Segment and Endangered 

Status for the Southern Distinct Population Segment’’; and providing 

for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 24) providing for 

congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, 

of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

relating to ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 26, 2023 

Mr. RESCHENTHALER, 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. 4366) making 

appropriations for military construction, the Department 

of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 


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year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 

providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. 

Res. 9) providing for congressional disapproval under 

chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule 

submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

relating to ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 

Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened Status With 

Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct Population 

Segment and Endangered Status for the Southern Distinct Population Segment’’; and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 24) providing 

for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 

5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat’’. 

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 consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 4366) making appropriations for 

6 military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

7 and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

8 30, 2024, and for other purposes. The first reading of the 

9 bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 

10 consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall 

11 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal12 ly divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minor13 ity member of the Committee on Appropriations or their 


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1 respective designees. After general debate the bill shall be 

2 considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The 

3 bill shall be considered as read. Points of order against 

4 provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 

5 or clause 5(a) of rule XXI are waived. 

6 SEC. 2. (a) No amendment to the bill shall be in order 

7 except those printed in the report of the Committee on 

8 Rules accompanying this resolution, amendments en bloc 

9 described in section 3 of this resolution, and pro forma 

10 amendments described in section 4 of this resolution. 

11 (b) Each amendment printed in the report of the 

12 Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 

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

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

15 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

16 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

17 shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by 

18 section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be subject to 

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

20 the Committee of the Whole. 

21 (c) All points of order against amendments printed 

22 in the report of the Committee on Rules or against amend23 ments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are 

24 waived. 


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

2 of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee to 

3 offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print4 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

5 this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments en 

6 bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered 

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

8 and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 

9 of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective 

10 designees, shall not be subject to amendment except as 

11 provided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall not be 

12 subject to a demand for division of the question in the 

13 House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

14 SEC. 4. During consideration of the bill for amend15 ment, the chair and ranking minority member of the Com16 mittee on Appropriations or their respective designees may 

17 offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point 

18 for the purpose of debate. 

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

20 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

22 adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or23 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

24 without intervening motion except one motion to recom25 mit. 


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1 SEC. 6. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 

2 in order to consider in the House the joint resolution (S.J. 

3 Res. 9) providing for congressional disapproval under 

4 chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule sub5 mitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service re6 lating to ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 

7 Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened Status With 

8 Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct Population 

9 Segment and Endangered Status for the Southern Dis10 tinct Population Segment’’. All points of order against 

11 consideration of the joint resolution are waived. The joint 

12 resolution shall be considered as read. All points of order 

13 against provisions in the joint resolution are waived. The 

14 previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 

15 joint resolution and on any amendment thereto to final 

16 passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour 

17 of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and 

18 ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural 

19 Resources or their respective designees; and (2) one mo20 tion to commit. 

21 SEC. 7. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 

22 in order to consider in the House the joint resolution (S.J. 

23 Res. 24) providing for congressional disapproval under 

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1 lating to ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 

2 Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern Long3 Eared Bat’’. All points of order against consideration of 

4 the joint resolution are waived. The joint resolution shall 

5 be considered as read. All points of order against provi6 sions in the joint resolution are waived. The previous ques7 tion shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution 

8 and on any amendment thereto to final passage without 

9 intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally 

10 divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

11 member of the Committee on Natural Resources or their 

12 respective designees; and (2) one motion to commit. 


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House Calendar No. 31 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 614 

[Report No. 118–158] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4366) 

Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat’’. Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Wildlife Service relating to ‘‘Endangered and rule submitted by the United States Fish and chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the 24) providing for congressional disapproval under consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. Distinct Population Segment’’; and providing for ment and Endangered Status for the Southern Rule for the Northern Distinct Population SegChicken; Threatened Status With Section 4(d) Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser PrairieWildlife Service relating to ‘‘Endangered and rule submitted by the United States Fish and chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the providing for congressional disapproval under sideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 9) 2024, and for other purposes; providing for conagencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related making appropriations for military construction, 

JULY 26, 2023 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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