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House Calendar No. 46 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 312 

[Report No. 113–170] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2397) making appropriations 

for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2014, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of 

the bill (H.R. 2610) making appropriations for the Departments of 

Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 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 consideration of the bill (H.R. 2397) making 

appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other 

purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill 

(H.R. 2610) making appropriations for the Departments 

of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, 

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2014, and for other purposes. 


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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 consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 2397) making appropriations for 

6 the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep7 tember 30, 2014, and for other purposes. The first reading 

8 of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 

9 against consideration of the bill are waived. General de10 bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 

11 hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank12 ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. 

13 After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

14 amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be 

15 considered as read through page 157, line 2. Points of 

16 order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply 

17 with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. 

18 (b) No amendment shall be in order except those 

19 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom20 panying this resolution, the amendment described in sec21 tion 2 of this resolution, and amendments en bloc de22 scribed in section 3 of this resolution. All points of order 

23 against amendments printed in the report of the Com24 mittee on Rules and against amendments en bloc de25 scribed in section 3 of this resolution are waived. 


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

2 Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 

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

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

5 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

6 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

7 may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before 

8 action thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and 

9 shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques10 tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 

11 SEC. 2. After disposition of amendments printed in 

12 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

13 resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 

14 3 of this resolution, it shall be in order for the chair of 

15 the Committee on Appropriations or his designee to offer 

16 an amendment reducing funding levels in the bill. 

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

18 of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee to 

19 offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print20 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

21 this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments en 

22 bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered 

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

24 and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 

25 of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective 


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

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

3 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The origi4 nal proponent of an amendment included in such amend5 ments en bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional 

6 Record immediately before the disposition of the amend7 ments en bloc. 

8 SEC. 4. After the conclusion of consideration of the 

9 bill for amendment, there shall be in order a final period 

10 of general debate, which shall not exceed 10 minutes 

11 equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 

12 minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. 

13 SEC. 5. When the committee rises and reports the 

14 bill back to the House with a recommendation that the 

15 bill do pass, the previous question shall be considered as 

16 ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final pas17 sage without intervening motion except one motion to re18 commit with or without instructions. 

19 SEC. 6. At any time after the adoption of this resolu20 tion the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 

21 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

22 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider23 ation of the bill (H.R. 2610) making appropriations for 

24 the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and 

25 Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal 


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1 year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. 

2 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 

3 points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 

4 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not 

5 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 

6 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appro7 priations. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

8 for amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order 

9 against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with 

10 clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. During consideration of 

11 the bill for amendment, the chair of the Committee of the 

12 Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of 

13 whether the Member offering an amendment has caused 

14 it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional Record 

15 designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. 

16 Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. When 

17 the committee rises and reports the bill back to the House 

18 with a recommendation that the bill do pass, the previous 

19 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

20 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

21 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in22 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 46 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 312 

[Report No. 113–170] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2397) 

September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. and related agencies for the fiscal year ending tation, and Housing and Urban Development, propriations for the Departments of Transporconsideration of the bill (H.R. 2610) making ap2014, and for other purposes; and providing for Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, making appropriations for the Department of 

JULY 22, 2013 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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