•HRES 583 RH 
the Whole House on the state of the Union for further 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 2670) to authorize appro-
priations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense and for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to pre-
scribe 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 report of 
the Committee on Rules shall be considered 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. 
(c) All points of order against the further amend-
ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this reso-
lution are waived. 
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•HRES 583 RH 
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 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 30 minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Armed Services or their respective 
designees, 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. 
SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 
for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 
bill, as amended, to the House with such further amend-
ments 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 recom-
mit. 
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House Calendar No. 29 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 583 
[Report No. 118–142] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2670) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense and for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such 
fiscal year, and for other purposes. 
JULY 13, 2023 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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