IV 
House Calendar No. 84 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1053 
[Report No. 116–457] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6395) to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2021 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; providing for consideration 
of the bill (H.R. 7027) making additional supplemental appropriations 
for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2020, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 7327) making additional supplemental appropriations for dis-
aster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, 
and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the Senate 
amendments to the bill (H.R. 1957) to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2020 
Mr. PERLMUTTER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be print-
ed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6395) to author-
ize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activi-
ties of the Department of Defense and for military con-
struction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for 
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consideration of the bill (H.R. 7027) making additional 
supplemental appropriations for disaster relief require-
ments for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, 
and for other purposes; providing for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 7327) making additional supplemental ap-
propriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; 
and providing for consideration of the Senate amend-
ments to the bill (H.R. 1957) to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve the 
Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
6395) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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. All 
points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 
In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now 
printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 
116–57 shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as 
amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. 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: (1) one 
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hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 
Services; (2) the further amendments described in section 
2 of this resolution; (2) the amendments en bloc described 
in section 3 of this resolution; and (4) one motion to re-
commit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 2. After debate pursuant to the first section of 
this resolution, each further amendment printed in the re-
port of the Committee on Rules not earlier considered as 
part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3 of this 
resolution 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 debat-
able for the time specified in the report equally divided 
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may 
be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the 
question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question. 
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time after debate 
pursuant to the first section of this resolution for the chair 
of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to 
offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amend-
ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed of. 
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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 amend-
ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question. 
SEC. 4. 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. 
SEC. 5. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 
in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 7027) 
making additional supplemental appropriations for dis-
aster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2020, and for other purposes. All points of 
order against consideration of the bill are waived. An 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 
text of Rules Committee Print 116-58 shall be considered 
as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as 
read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as 
amended, are waived. Clause 2(e) of rule XXI shall not 
apply during consideration of the bill. The previous ques-
tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, 
and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage 
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without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate 
equally divided among and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropria-
tions and the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Education and Labor; and (2) one motion 
to recommit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 6. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 
in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 7327) 
making additional supplemental appropriations for dis-
aster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2020, and for other purposes. All points of 
order against consideration of the bill are waived. The bill 
shall be considered as read. All points of order against 
provisions in the bill are waived. Clause 2(e) of rule XXI 
shall not apply during consideration of the bill. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 
and on any amendment thereto to final passage without 
intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally 
divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations and 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Ways and Means; and (2) one motion to recommit. 
SEC. 7. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 
in order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill (H.R. 
1957) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
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