•HRES 269 RH 
for the purpose of debate. Each amendment so received 
may be offered only by the Member who caused it to be 
printed or a designee and shall be considered as read if 
printed. 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. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. 
SEC. 2. At any time after the adoption of this resolu-
tion 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. 1540) to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, 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 Committee of the Whole shall rise without motion. No 
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further consideration of the bill shall be in order except 
pursuant to a subsequent order of the House. 
SEC. 3. The requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII 
for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Com-
mittee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the 
House is waived with respect to any resolution reported 
through the legislative day of May 27, 2011, providing for 
consideration or disposition of a measure addressing expir-
ing provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and 
Reauthorization Act of 2005. 
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House Calendar No. 39 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 269 
[Report No. 112–86] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1216) 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to con-
vert funding for graduate medical education in 
qualified teaching health centers from direct ap-
propriations to an authorization of appropria-
tions; providing for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 1540) to authorize appropriations for fis-
cal year 2012 for military activities of the De-
partment of Defense and for military construc-
tion, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes; and 
waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII 
with respect to consideration of certain resolu-
tions reported from the Committee on Rules. 
MAY 23, 2011 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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