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House Calendar No. 46
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 247
[Report No. 108–122] 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1588) to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal 
year 2004, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2003
Mrs. MYRICK, 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. 1588) 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for mili-
tary activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2004, and 
for other purposes.
Resolved, That at any time after the 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 further 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 1588) to authorize appro-
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priations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes. No 
further amendment to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute shall be in order except those print-
ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution and amendments en bloc described in sec-
tion 2. Each amendment printed in the report of the Com-
mittee on Rules shall be considered only in the order print-
ed in the report (except as specified in section 3), may 
be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 
shall be considered as read, and shall not be subject to 
a demand for division of the question in the House or in 
the Committee of the Whole. Each amendment printed in 
the report shall be debatable for 10 minutes (unless other-
wise specified in the report) equally divided and controlled 
by the proponent and an opponent and shall not be subject 
to amendment (except that the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Armed Services each 
may offer one pro forma amendment for the purpose of 
further debate on any pending amendment). All points of 
order against amendments printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules or amendments en bloc described in 
section 2 are waived.
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SEC. 2. 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 not earlier 
disposed of or germane modifications of any such amend-
ment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this sec-
tion shall be considered as read (except that modifications 
shall be reported), shall be debatable for 20 minutes equal-
ly 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. For 
the purpose of inclusion in such amendments en bloc, an 
amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may 
be modified to the form of a germane perfecting amend-
ment to the text originally proposed to be stricken. 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. 3. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
may recognize for consideration of any amendment printed 
in the report of the Committee on Rules out of the order 
printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman
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of the Committee on Armed Services or a designee an-
nounces from the floor a request to that effect. 
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 ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 
to final passage without intervening motion except one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 46
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 247
[Report No. 108–122] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1588) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2004 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths 
for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes. 
MAY 21, 2003
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed