H. Res. 276 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 25, 2011. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution 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 further consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 1540) to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for other pur-
poses. No further general debate shall be in order. 
SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an original 
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 nature of a substitute shall 
be considered as read. All points of order against the com-
mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. 
(b) No amendment to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed
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in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of 
this resolution. 
(c) Each amendment printed in the report of the Com-
mittee 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 con-
trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be sub-
ject 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. 
(d) All points of order against amendments printed in 
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 Armed Services or his designee to offer 
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in the 
report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolu-
tion not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc offered pur-
suant to this section shall be considered as read, shall be de-
batable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Armed Services or their designees, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division
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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 Con-
gressional Record immediately before the disposition of the 
amendments en bloc. 
SEC. 4. 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 or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. 
SEC. 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this res-
olution, the amendment specified in section 6 shall be in 
order in lieu of amendment number 5 in House Report 111– 
88. 
SEC. 6. The text referred to in section 5 is as follows: 
Page 113, after line 17, insert the following:
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‘‘SEC. 317 HEALTH ASSESSMENT REPORTS REQUIRED WHEN 
WASTE IS DISPOSED OF IN OPEN-AIR BURN PITS. 
‘‘Section 317 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2250; 
10 U.S.C. 2701 note) is amended— 
‘‘(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(d); and 
‘‘(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection (c): 
‘‘ ‘(c) HEALTH ASSESSMENT REPORTS.—Not later than 
180 days after notice is due under subsection (a)(2), the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and House of Representatives a health assessment 
report on each open-air burn pit at a location where at least 
100 personnel have been employed for 90 consecutive days or 
more. Each such report shall include each of the following: 
‘‘ ‘(1) An epidemiological description of the short- 
term and long-term health risks posed to personnel in 
the area where the burn pit is located because of expo-
sure to the open-air burn pit. 
‘‘ ‘(2) A copy of the methodology used to determine 
the health risks described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘ ‘(3) A copy of the assessment of the operational 
risks and health risks when making the determination
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pursuant to subsection (a) that no alternative disposal 
method is feasible for the open-air burn pit.’.’’. 
Attest: 
Clerk.