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House Calendar No. 102 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 557 

[Report No. 113–426] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4486) making appropriations 

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

agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other 

purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4487) making 

appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 29, 2014 

Mr. COLE, 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. 4486) making 

appropriations for military construction, the Department 

of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes; 

and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4487) 

making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other 

purposes. 


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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. 4486) making appropriations for 

6 military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

7 and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

8 30, 2015, 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. After 

14 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

15 under the five-minute rule. Points of order against provi16 sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule 

17 XXI are waived. During consideration of the bill for 

18 amendment, the chair of the Committee of the Whole may 

19 accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the 

20 Member offering an amendment has caused it to be print21 ed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated 

22 for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments 

23 so printed shall be considered as read. When the com24 mittee rises and reports the bill back to the House with 

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1 tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amend2 ments thereto to final passage without intervening motion 

3 except one motion to recommit with or without instruc4 tions. 

5 SEC. 2. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

6 the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

7 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

8 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

9 of the bill (H.R. 4487) making appropriations for the Leg10 islative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

11 2015, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill 

12 shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid13 eration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con14 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di15 vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

16 member of the Committee on Appropriations. After gen17 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

18 under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered 

19 as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill 

20 for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. 

21 No amendment to the bill shall be in order except those 

22 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom23 panying this resolution. Each such amendment may be of24 fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of25 fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 


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1 be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec2 ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 

3 proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend4 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

5 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

6 Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 

7 waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 

8 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill 

9 to the House with such amendments as may have been 

10 adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or11 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

12 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

13 with or without instructions. 

14 SEC. 3. Pending the adoption of a concurrent resolu15 tion on the budget for fiscal year 2015, the amounts pro16 vided for current law mandatory budget authority and out17 lays contained in the statement of the Chair of the Com18 mittee on the Budget of the House of Representatives in 

19 the Congressional Record dated April 29, 2014, shall be 

20 considered for all purposes in the House to be allocations 

21 to the Committee on Appropriations under section 302(a) 

22 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

23 SEC. 4. During consideration of H.R. 4486 and H.R. 

24 4487 pursuant to this resolution, the suballocations print25 ed in House Report 113-425 shall be considered for all 


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1 purposes in the House to be suballocations under section 

2 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 


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House Calendar No. 102 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 557 

[Report No. 113–426] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4486) 

other purposes. fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for propriations for the Legislative Branch for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4487) making ap2015, and for other purposes; and providing for agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related making appropriations for military construction, 

APRIL 29, 2014 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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