•HRES 431 RH 
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 
the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2810) to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 
the bill are waived. 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. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of 
a substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed 
Services now printed in the bill, an amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Com-
mittee Print 115-23, modified by the amendment printed 
in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted in 
the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, 
as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for 
the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute 
rule and shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. 
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SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill, as 
amended, shall be in order except those printed in part 
B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution and amendments en bloc described in sec-
tion 3 of this resolution. 
(b) Each further amendment printed in part B of the 
report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only 
in the order printed in the report, may be offered only 
by a Member designated 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 subject to a demand for division of the question 
in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
(c) All points of order against the further amend-
ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 
on Rules or amendments en bloc described in section 3 
of this resolution are waived. 
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 part B of the report of the Committee on Rules ac-
companying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amend-
ments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be con-
sidered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally 
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divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Armed Services or their des-
ignees, 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. 
SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 
for amendment pursuant to this resolution, the Committee 
of the Whole shall rise without motion. No further consid-
eration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a 
subsequent order of the House. 
SEC. 5. At any time after 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 consideration 
of the bill (H.R. 23) to provide drought relief in the State 
of California, 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. General de-
bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 
hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on Natural Re-
sources. After general debate the bill shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in 
order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in 
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the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 115-24. That amendment in the nature 
of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of 
order against that amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in 
the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those 
printed in part C of the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment may 
be offered only in the order printed in the report, may 
be offered only by a Member designated 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 subject to a demand for divi-
sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 
of the Whole. All points of order against such amendments 
are waived. 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 amendment in the nature 
of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 
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motion except one motion to recommit with or without in-
structions. 
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House Calendar No. 62 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 431 
[Report No. 115–212] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2810) 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 
for military activities of the Department of De-
fense and for military construction, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes, and providing for consid-
eration of the bill (H.R. 23) to provide drought 
relief in the State of California, and for other 
purposes. 
JULY 11, 2017 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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