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[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 247 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  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.

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                    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

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                               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.

    Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution 
the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the 
House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
the Union 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. No further amendment to 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order 
except those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution and amendments en bloc described in 
section 2. Each amendment printed in the report of the Committee on 
Rules shall be considered only in the order printed in the report 
(except as specified in section 3), may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall not be 
subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole. Each amendment printed in the report shall be 
debatable for 10 minutes (unless otherwise specified in the report) 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent and 
shall not be subject to amendment (except that the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Armed Services each may offer one 
pro forma amendment for the purpose of further debate on any pending 
amendment). All points of order against amendments printed in the 
report of the Committee on Rules or amendments en bloc described in 
section 2 are waived.
    Sec. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman of the 
Committee on Armed Services or his designee to offer amendments en bloc 
consisting of amendments printed in the report of the Committee on 
Rules not earlier disposed of or germane modifications of any such 
amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be 
considered as read (except that modifications shall be reported), shall 
be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services 
or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be 
subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in such amendments 
en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may be 
modified to the form of a germane perfecting amendment to the text 
originally proposed to be stricken. The original proponent of an 
amendment included in such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in 
the Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of the 
amendments en bloc.
    Sec. 3. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may recognize 
for consideration of any amendment printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules out of the order printed, but not sooner than one 
hour after the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services or a 
designee announces from the floor a request to that effect.
    Sec. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House 
with such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 
separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 
the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion 
except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

                                                  House Calendar No. 46

108th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 247

                          [Report No. 108-122]

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                               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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 21, 2003

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
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