•HRES 572 RH 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 2647) to authorize appro-
priations 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. The 
first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 
of order against consideration of the bill are waived except 
those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General 
debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 
one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 
Services. After general debate the bill shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule. 
SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi-
nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five- 
minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now 
printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points 
of order against the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute are waived except those arising under 
clause 10 of rule XXI. 
(b) Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 
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 
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resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 
3 of this resolution. 
(c) 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 4 of 
this resolution), may be offered only by a Member des-
ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 
be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub-
ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 
or in the Committee of the Whole. 
(d) All points of order against amendments printed 
in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments 
en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived 
except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair 
of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to 
offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print-
ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments en 
bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered 
as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Armed Services or their designees, 
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shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub-
ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 
or in the Committee of the Whole. The original proponent 
of an amendment included in such amendments en bloc 
may insert a statement in the Congressional Record imme-
diately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc. 
SEC. 4. The Chair of the Committee of the Whole 
may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed 
in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution out of the order printed, but not sooner 
than 30 minutes after the chair of the Committee on 
Armed Services or a designee announces from the floor 
a request to that effect. 
SEC. 5. 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. 
SEC. 6. In the engrossment of H.R. 2647, the Clerk 
shall— 
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(a) add the text of H.R. 2990, as passed by the 
House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 2647; 
(b) conform the title of H.R. 2647 to reflect the addi-
tion to the engrossment of H.R. 2990; 
(c) assign appropriate designations to provisions 
within the engrossment; and 
(d) conform provisions for short titles within the en-
grossment. 
SEC. 7. Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 2990 
to the engrossment of H.R. 2647, H.R. 2990 shall be laid 
on the table. 
SEC. 8. During consideration of H.R. 2647, the Chair 
may reduce to two minutes the minimum time for elec-
tronic voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 
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) 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 
for military activities of the Department of De-
fense, to prescribe military personnel strengths 
for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 23, 2009 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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