•HRES 1218 RH 
priations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for fiscal year 2009, and for other purposes. No 
further general debate shall be in order. 
SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi-
nal 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 na-
ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points 
of order against the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute are waived except those arising under 
clause 10 of rule XXI. 
(b) Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 
amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute shall be in order except those printed 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 
Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 
printed in the report (except as specified in section 4 of 
this resolution), may be offered only by a Member des-
ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 
be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 
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divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
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. 
(d) All points of order against amendments printed 
in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments 
en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived 
except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair-
man 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 accom-
panying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amend-
ments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be con-
sidered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority 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 of the ques-
tion 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. 
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SEC. 4. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed 
in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution out of the order printed, but not sooner 
than 30 minutes after the chairman of the Committee on 
Armed Services or a designee announces from the floor 
a request to that effect. 
SEC. 5. 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 ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 
to final passage without intervening motion except one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 6. During consideration in the House of H.R. 
5658 pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the op-
eration of the previous question, the Chair may postpone 
further consideration of the bill to such time as may be 
designated by the Speaker. 
SEC. 7. In the engrossment of H.R. 5658, the Clerk 
shall— 
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(a) add the text of H.R. 6048, as passed by the 
House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 5658; 
(b) conform the title of H.R. 5658 to reflect the addi-
tion to the engrossment of H.R. 6048; 
(c) assign appropriate designations to provisions 
within the engrossment; and 
(d) conform provisions for short titles within the en-
grossment. 
SEC. 8. It shall be in order at any time through the 
legislative day of Thursday, May 22, 2008, for the Speak-
er to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules 
relating to any measure pertaining to agricultural pro-
grams. 
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House Calendar No. 226 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1218 
[Report No. 110–666] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5658) 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 
for military activities of the Department of De-
fense, to prescribe military personnel strengths 
for fiscal year 2009, and for other purposes. 
MAY 21, 2008 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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