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House Calendar No. 148 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 908 
[Report No. 115–702] 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5515) to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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, and 
providing for proceedings during the period from May 25, 2018, through 
June 4, 2018. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2018 
Mr. BYRNE, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5515) 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for mili-
tary activities of the Department of Defense and for 
military construction, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, 
and providing for proceedings during the period from 
May 25, 2018, through June 4, 2018. 
Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso-
lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
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XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 
the Whole House on the state of the Union for further 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 5515) to authorize appro-
priations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes. 
SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill, as 
amended, shall be in order except those printed in the re-
port of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolu-
tion and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this 
resolution. (b) Each further amendment printed in the re-
port 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 amendments printed 
in 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 
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offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print-
ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments en 
bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered 
as read, shall be debatable 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 sub-
ject 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 
shall rise and report the bill to the House with such fur-
ther amendments as may have been adopted. 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 in-
structions. 
SEC. 5. On any legislative day during the period from 
May 25, 2018, through June 4, 2018 -- (a) the Journal 
of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered 
as approved; and (b) the Chair may at any time declare 
the House adjourned to meet at a date and time, within 
the limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitu-
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tion, to be announced by the Chair in declaring the ad-
journment. 
SEC. 6. The Speaker may appoint Members to per-
form the duties of the Chair for the duration of the period 
addressed by section 5 of this resolution as though under 
clause 8(a) of rule I. 
SEC. 7. Each day during the period addressed by sec-
tion 5 of this resolution shall not constitute a calendar 
day of continuous session for purposes of section 1017(b) 
of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 688(b)). 
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House Calendar No. 148 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 908 
[Report No. 115–702] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 
5515) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2019 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense and for military construction, to pre-
scribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes, and providing for 
proceedings during the period from May 25, 
2018, through June 4, 2018. 
MAY 22, 2018 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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