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House Calendar No. 46

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 247

[Report No. 108–122] 

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1588) to authorize 

appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal 

year 2004, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2003

Mrs. MYRICK, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 

which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

RESOLUTION

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1588) 

to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe 

military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2004, 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 

5 consideration of the bill (H.R. 1588) to authorize appro-
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1 priations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the 

2 Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel 

3 strengths for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes. No 

4 further amendment to the committee amendment in the 

5 nature of a substitute shall be in order except those print6 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

7 this resolution and amendments en bloc described in sec8 tion 2. Each amendment printed in the report of the Com9 mittee on Rules shall be considered only in the order print10 ed in the report (except as specified in section 3), may 

11 be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 

12 shall be considered as read, and shall not be subject to 

13 a demand for division of the question in the House or in 

14 the Committee of the Whole. Each amendment printed in 

15 the report shall be debatable for 10 minutes (unless other16 wise specified in the report) equally divided and controlled 

17 by the proponent and an opponent and shall not be subject 

18 to amendment (except that the chairman and ranking mi19 nority member of the Committee on Armed Services each 

20 may offer one pro forma amendment for the purpose of 

21 further debate on any pending amendment). All points of 

22 order against amendments printed in the report of the 

23 Committee on Rules or amendments en bloc described in 

24 section 2 are waived. 
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1 SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chair2 man of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee 

3 to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments 

4 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules not earlier 

5 disposed of or germane modifications of any such amend6 ment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this sec7 tion shall be considered as read (except that modifications 

8 shall be reported), shall be debatable for 20 minutes equal9 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi10 nority member of the Committee on Armed Services or 

11 their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and 

12 shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques13 tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. For 

14 the purpose of inclusion in such amendments en bloc, an 

15 amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may 

16 be modified to the form of a germane perfecting amend17 ment to the text originally proposed to be stricken. The 

18 original proponent of an amendment included in such 

19 amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Con20 gressional Record immediately before the disposition of 

21 the amendments en bloc. 

22 SEC. 3. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 

23 may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed 

24 in the report of the Committee on Rules out of the order 

25 printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman 
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1 of the Committee on Armed Services or a designee an2 nounces from the floor a request to that effect. 

3 SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

4 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

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

7 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

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

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

10 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

11 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

12 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

House Calendar No. 46

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 247

[Report No. 108–122] 

RESOLUTION

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 

for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes. Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths 2004 for military activities of the Department of 1588) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 

MAY 21, 2003

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed