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House Calendar No. 32 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 260 

Report No. 113–108 

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1960) to authorize 

appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 

JUNE 13 (legislative day, JUNE 12), 2013 

Mr. NUGENT, 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. 1960) 

to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 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 further 

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1 priations for fiscal year 2014 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 113-13, modified by the amendment printed in part 

13 A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

14 this resolution. That amendment in the nature of a sub15 stitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 

16 against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

17 waived. 

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

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

20 order except those printed in part B of the report of the 

21 Committee on Rules and amendments en bloc described 

22 in section 3 of this resolution. 

23 (c) Each amendment printed in part B of the report 

24 of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the 

25 order printed in the report, may be offered only by a MemVerDate Mar 15 2010 04:46 Jun 13, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR260.IH HR260

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1 ber designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 

2 shall be debatable for the time specified in the report 

3 equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 

4 opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

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

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

7 (d) All points of order against amendments printed 

8 in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules or 

9 against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this 

10 resolution are waived. 

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

12 of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to 

13 offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print14 ed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules ac15 companying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amend16 ments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be con17 sidered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally 

18 divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

19 member of the Committee on Armed Services or their des20 ignees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not 

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

22 House or in the Committee of the Whole. The original pro23 ponent of an amendment included in such amendments en 

24 bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record 


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1 immediately before the disposition of the amendments en 

2 bloc. 

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

4 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

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

7 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

8 the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature 

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

10 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

11 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

12 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in13 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 32 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 260 

Report No. 113–108 

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 pre2014 for military activities of the Department of 1960) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 

JUNE 13 (legislative day, JUNE 12), 2013 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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