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House Calendar No. 102 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 557 
[Report No. 113–426] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4486) making appropriations 
for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other 
purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4487) making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2014 
Mr. COLE, 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. 4486) making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes; 
and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4487) 
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, 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. 4486) making appropriations for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2015, 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 debate shall 
be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal-
ly divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on Appropriations. After 
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the five-minute rule. Points of order against provi-
sions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule 
XXI are waived. During consideration of the bill for 
amendment, the chair of the Committee of the Whole may 
accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the 
Member offering an amendment has caused it to be print-
ed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated 
for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments 
so printed shall be considered as read. When the com-
mittee rises and reports the bill back to the House with 
a recommendation that the bill do pass, the previous ques-
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tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amend-
ments thereto to final passage without intervening motion 
except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions. 
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. 4487) making appropriations for the Leg-
islative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2015, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill 
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid-
eration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con-
fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di-
vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations. After gen-
eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered 
as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill 
for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. 
No amendment to the bill shall be in order except those 
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution. Each such amendment may be of-
fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of-
fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 
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be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec-
ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, 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 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. 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. 3. Pending the adoption of a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget for fiscal year 2015, the amounts pro-
vided for current law mandatory budget authority and out-
lays contained in the statement of the Chair of the Com-
mittee on the Budget of the House of Representatives in 
the Congressional Record dated April 29, 2014, shall be 
considered for all purposes in the House to be allocations 
to the Committee on Appropriations under section 302(a) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
SEC. 4. During consideration of H.R. 4486 and H.R. 
4487 pursuant to this resolution, the suballocations print-
ed in House Report 113-425 shall be considered for all 
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purposes in the House to be suballocations under section 
302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
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House Calendar No. 102 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 557 
[Report No. 113–426] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4486) 
making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2015, and for other purposes; and providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 4487) making ap-
propriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for 
other purposes. 
APRIL 29, 2014 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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