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House Calendar No. 79 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 572 

[Report No. 111–182] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2647) to authorize appropriations 

for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 

to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 23, 2009 

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. 2647) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 

personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, 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 consideration of the bill (H.R. 2647) to authorize appro2 priations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the 

3 Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel 

4 strengths for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes. The 

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

6 of order against consideration of the bill are waived except 

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

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

9 one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and 

10 ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 

11 Services. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

12 for amendment under the five-minute rule. 

13 SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi14 nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five15 minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute 

16 recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now 

17 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na18 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points 

19 of order against the committee amendment in the nature 

20 of a substitute are waived except those arising under 

21 clause 10 of rule XXI. 

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

23 amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 

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

25 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 


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1 resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 

2 3 of this resolution. 

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

4 Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 

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

6 this resolution), may be offered only by a Member des7 ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

8 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

9 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

10 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub11 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

12 or in the Committee of the Whole. 

13 (d) All points of order against amendments printed 

14 in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments 

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

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

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

18 of the Committee on Armed Services 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 Armed Services or their designees, 


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1 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub2 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

3 or in the Committee of the Whole. The original proponent 

4 of an amendment included in such amendments en bloc 

5 may insert a statement in the Congressional Record imme6 diately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc. 

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

8 may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed 

9 in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

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

11 than 30 minutes after the chair of the Committee on 

12 Armed Services or a designee announces from the floor 

13 a request to that effect. 

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

15 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

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

18 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

19 the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in 

20 the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be 

21 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

22 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

23 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

24 SEC. 6. In the engrossment of H.R. 2647, the Clerk 

25 shall— 


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1 (a) add the text of H.R. 2990, as passed by the 

2 House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 2647; 

3 (b) conform the title of H.R. 2647 to reflect the addi4 tion to the engrossment of H.R. 2990; 

5 (c) assign appropriate designations to provisions 

6 within the engrossment; and 

7 (d) conform provisions for short titles within the en8 grossment. 

9 SEC. 7. Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 2990 

10 to the engrossment of H.R. 2647, H.R. 2990 shall be laid 

11 on the table. 

12 SEC. 8. During consideration of H.R. 2647, the Chair 

13 may reduce to two minutes the minimum time for elec14 tronic voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 

15 and 9 of rule XX. 


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House Calendar No. 79 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 572 

[Report No. 111–182] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2647) 

for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes. fense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for military activities of the Department of Deto authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 

JUNE 23, 2009 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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