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House Calendar No. 83 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1316 
[Report No. 118–559] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8774) making appropriations 
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2025, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 8771) making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2025, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration 
of the bill (H.R. 8752) making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2024 
Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, from the Committee on Rules, reported the 
following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and or-
dered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8774) making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other 
purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
8771) making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other 
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purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 8752) making appropriations for the Department 
of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso-
lution 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 consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 8774) making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2025, 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 Appropriations 
or their respective designees. After general debate the bill 
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 
rule. An amendment in the nature of a substitute con-
sisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118–40 shall 
be considered as adopted in the House and in the Com-
mittee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be consid-
ered as the original bill for the purpose of further amend-
ment 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 H.R. 8774, as 
amended, shall be in order except those printed in part 
A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution, amendments en bloc described in section 
3 of this resolution, and pro forma amendments described 
in section 4 of this resolution. 
(b) Each further amendment printed in part A 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 except 
as provided by section 4 of this resolution, 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 further amendments 
printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 
or against 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 Appropriations or his designee to 
offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amend-
ments printed in part A of the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed 
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of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section 
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 min-
utes equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations 
or their respective designees, shall not be subject to 
amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolu-
tion, 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. During consideration of H.R. 8774 for 
amendment, the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Appropriations or their respective des-
ignees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each 
at any point for the purpose of debate. 
SEC. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of H.R. 
8774 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report 
the bill, as amended, to the House with such further 
amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as 
amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final 
passage without intervening motion except one motion to 
recommit. 
SEC. 6. 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 
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Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 
of the bill (H.R. 8771) making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 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 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 Appropriations or their respective 
designees. After general debate the bill shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule. An amendment 
in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 118–39 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. 
SEC. 7. (a) No further amendment to H.R. 8771, as 
amended, shall be in order except those printed in part 
B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution, amendments en bloc described in section 
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SEC. 14. During consideration of H.R. 8752 for 
amendment, the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Appropriations or their respective des-
ignees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each 
at any point for the purpose of debate. 
SEC. 15. At the conclusion of consideration of H.R. 
8752 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report 
the bill, as amended, to the House with such further 
amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as 
amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final 
passage without intervening motion except one motion to 
recommit. 
SEC. 16. The Clerk shall not transmit to the Senate 
a message that the House has passed H.R. 8752 until no-
tified by the Speaker that H.R. 2, as passed by the House 
on May 11, 2023, has been enacted into law. 
SEC. 17. The amendment referred to in section 11 
of this resolution is as follows: 
″Strike section 406 and strike section 413 and 
insert SEC.lll. Notwithstanding the numerical 
limitation set forth in section 214(g)(1)(B) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1184(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, after consultation with the Secretary of Labor, 
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and upon determining that the needs of American 
businesses cannot be satisfied during fiscal year 
2025 with United States workers who are willing, 
qualified, and able to perform temporary non-
agricultural labor, may increase the total number of 
aliens who may receive a visa under section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) 
of 
such 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) in such fiscal year above such 
limitation by not more than the highest number of 
H–2B nonimmigrants who participated in the H–2B 
returning worker program in any fiscal year in 
which returning workers were exempt from such nu-
merical limitation.’’. 
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House Calendar No. 83 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1316 
[Report No. 118–559] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8774) 
making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2025, and for other purposes; providing for con-
sideration of the bill (H.R. 8771) making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2025, and for other 
purposes; and providing for consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 8752) making appropriations for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2025, and for other 
purposes. 
JUNE 25, 2024 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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