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House Calendar No. 158 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 961 
[Report No. 115–783] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6157) making appropriations 
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2019, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 2083) to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
of 1972 to reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon 
and other nonlisted species, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2018 
Ms. CHENEY, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6157) making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other 
purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 2083) to amend the Marine Mammal Protection 
Act of 1972 to reduce predation on endangered Columbia 
River salmon and other nonlisted species, and for other 
purposes. 
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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. 6157) making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2019, 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. 
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 115-77 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. Points of 
order against provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure 
to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except 
as follows: page 86, line 1, through page 86, line 7. No 
further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in 
order except those printed in part A of the report of the 
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Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and pro 
forma amendments described in section 3 of this resolu-
tion. Each further amendment printed in part A of the 
report 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 3 
of this resolution, and shall not be subject to a demand 
for division of the question in the House or in the Com-
mittee of the Whole. All points of order against such fur-
ther amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consid-
eration of the bill for amendment pursuant to this resolu-
tion, the Committee of the Whole shall rise without mo-
tion. No further consideration of the bill shall be in order 
except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House. 
SEC. 2. 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. 2083) to amend the Marine Mammal Pro-
tection Act of 1972 to reduce predation on endangered 
Columbia River salmon and other nonlisted species, and 
for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be 
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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 Natural Resources. After general de-
bate 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 the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-79. 
That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against that amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No amend-
ment to that amendment in the nature of a substitute 
shall be in order except those printed in part B of the 
report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this reso-
lution. Each such amendment may be offered only in the 
order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Mem-
ber 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. All points 
of order against such amendments are waived. At the con-
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clusion 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 amend-
ment 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 motion except one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 3. During consideration of H.R. 6157 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. 4. (a) During consideration of H.R. 6157, it 
shall not be in order to consider an amendment proposing 
both a decrease in an appropriation designated pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and an increase 
in an appropriation not so designated, or vice versa. (b) 
This paragraph shall not apply to an amendment between 
the Houses. 
SEC. 5. House Resolution 952 is laid on the table. 
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