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House Calendar No. 201 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1404 

[Report No. 111–498] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5136) to authorize appropriations 

for fiscal year 2011 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 

to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 

other purposes; waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with 

respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules; and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 26, 2010 

Ms. PINGREE of Maine, 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. 5136) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 

personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 

purposes; waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule 

XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions 

reported from the Committee on Rules; 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 further 

5 consideration of the bill (H.R. 5136) to authorize appro6 priations for fiscal year 2011 for military activities of the 

7 Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel 

8 strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. The 

9 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 

10 of order against consideration of the bill are waived except 

11 those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General 

12 debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 

13 one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and 

14 ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 

15 Services. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

16 for amendment under the five-minute rule. 

17 SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi18 nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five19 minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute 

20 recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now 

21 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na22 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points 

23 of order against the committee amendment in the nature 

24 of a substitute are waived except those arising under 

25 clause 10 of rule XXI. 


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1 (b) Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 

2 amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 

3 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 

4 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

5 resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 

6 3 of this resolution. 

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

8 Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 

9 printed in the report (except as specified in section 4 of 

10 this resolution), may be offered only by a Member des11 ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

12 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

13 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

14 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub15 ject to a demand for division of the question. 

16 (d) All points of order against amendments printed 

17 in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments 

18 en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived 

19 except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 

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

21 of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to 

22 offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print23 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

24 this resolution not earlier disposed of or germane modi25 fications of any such amendments. Amendments en bloc 


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1 offered pursuant to this section shall be considered as read 

2 (except that modifications shall be reported), shall be de3 batable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by 

4 the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 

5 on Armed Services or their designees, shall not be subject 

6 to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for 

7 division of the question. For the purpose of inclusion in 

8 such amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the 

9 form of a motion to strike may be modified to the form 

10 of a germane perfecting amendment to the text originally 

11 proposed to be stricken. The original proponent of an 

12 amendment included in such amendments en bloc may in13 sert a statement in the Congressional Record immediately 

14 before the disposition of the amendments en bloc. 

15 SEC. 4. The Chair of the Committee of the Whole 

16 may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed 

17 in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

18 this resolution out of the order printed, but not sooner 

19 than 30 minutes after the chair of the Committee on 

20 Armed Services or his designee announces from the floor 

21 a request to that effect. 

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

23 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

25 adopted. The previous question shall be considered as orVerDate Mar 15 2010 03:41 May 27, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR1404.RH HR1404

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1 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

2 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

3 with or without instructions. 

4 SEC. 6. The Chair may entertain a motion that the 

5 Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Com6 mittee on Armed Services or his designee. The Chair may 

7 not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words 

8 of the bill (as described in clause 9 of rule XVIII). 

9 SEC. 7. In the engrossment of H.R. 5136, the Clerk 

10 shall— 

11 (a) add the text of H.R. 5013, as passed by the 

12 House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 5136; 

13 (b) assign appropriate designations to provisions 

14 within the engrossment; and 

15 (c) conform provisions for short titles within the en16 grossment. 

17 SEC. 8. The requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII 

18 for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Com19 mittee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the 

20 House is waived with respect to any resolution reported 

21 through the legislative day of June 1, 2010. 

22 SEC. 9. It shall be in order at any time through the 

23 calendar day of May 30, 2010, for the Speaker to enter24 tain motions that the House suspend the rules. The 

25 Speaker or her designee shall consult with the Minority 


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1 Leader or his designee on the designation of any matter 

2 for consideration pursuant to this section. 


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House Calendar No. 201 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1404 

[Report No. 111–498] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5136) 

for other purposes. tions reported from the Committee on Rules; and with respect to consideration of certain resoluwaiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; fense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for military activities of the Department of Deto authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 

MAY 26, 2010 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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