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House Calendar No. 68 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 473 

[Report No. 115–259] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3219) making appropriations 

for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2018, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 25, 2017 

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. 3219) making 

appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other 

purposes. 

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. 3219) making appropriations for 

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1 tember 30, 2018, and for other purposes. The first reading 

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

3 against consideration of the bill are waived. General de4 bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed two 

5 hours equally divided and controlled by the chair and 

6 ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropria7 tions. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 

8 amendment under the five-minute rule. An amendment in 

9 the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 

10 Committee Print 115-30 shall be considered as adopted 

11 in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The 

12 bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill 

13 for the purpose of further amendment under the five14 minute rule and shall be considered as read. Points of 

15 order against provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure 

16 to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. 

17 SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill shall 

18 be in order except those printed in the report of the Com19 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution, amend20 ments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution, and 

21 pro forma amendments described in section 4 of this reso22 lution. 

23 (b) Each further amendment printed in the report of 

24 the Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the 

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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, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time 

5 before action thereon, shall not be subject to amendment 

6 except as provided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall 

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

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

9 (c) All points of order against further amendments 

10 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules or against 

11 amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolu12 tion are waived. 

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

14 of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee to 

15 offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amend16 ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 

17 accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed of. 

18 Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall 

19 be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes 

20 equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 

21 minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or 

22 their respective designees, shall not be subject to amend23 ment except as provided by section 4 of this resolution, 

24 and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 

25 question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 


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1 SEC. 4. During consideration of the bill for amend2 ment, the chair and ranking minority member of the Com3 mittee on Appropriations or their respective designees may 

4 offer up to 20 pro forma amendments each at any point 

5 for the purpose of debate. 

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

7 for amendment pursuant to this resolution, the Committee 

8 of the Whole shall rise without motion. No further consid9 eration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a 

10 subsequent order of the House. 

11 SEC. 6. (a) During consideration of H.R. 3219, it 

12 shall not be in order to consider an amendment proposing 

13 both a decrease in an appropriation designated pursuant 

14 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

15 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and an increase 

16 in an appropriation not so designated, or vice versa. 

17 (b) This paragraph shall not apply to an amendment 

18 between the Houses. 


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House Calendar No. 68 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 473 

[Report No. 115–259] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3219) 

2018, and for other purposes. Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, making appropriations for the Department of 

JULY 25, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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