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House Calendar No. 46 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 312 
[Report No. 113–170] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2397) making appropriations 
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2014, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 2610) making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agen-
cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2013 
Mr. NUGENT, 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. 2397) making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other 
purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 2610) making appropriations for the Departments 
of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2014, and for other purposes. 
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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 consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2397) making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2014, 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 de-
bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 
hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. 
After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be 
considered as read through page 157, line 2. Points of 
order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply 
with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. 
(b) No amendment shall be in order except those 
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution, the amendment described in sec-
tion 2 of this resolution, and amendments en bloc de-
scribed in section 3 of this resolution. All points of order 
against amendments printed in the report of the Com-
mittee on Rules and against amendments en bloc de-
scribed in section 3 of this resolution are waived. 
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(c) Each 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 Member 
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, 
may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before 
action thereon, 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. 
SEC. 2. After disposition of amendments printed in 
the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 
3 of this resolution, it shall be in order for the chair of 
the Committee on Appropriations or his designee to offer 
an amendment reducing funding levels in the bill. 
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair 
of the Committee on Appropriations 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 20 minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective 
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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. The origi-
nal proponent of an amendment included in such amend-
ments en bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional 
Record immediately before the disposition of the amend-
ments en bloc. 
SEC. 4. After the conclusion of consideration of the 
bill for amendment, there shall be in order a final period 
of general debate, which shall not exceed 10 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. 
SEC. 5. When the committee rises and reports the 
bill back to the House with a recommendation that the 
bill do pass, the previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final pas-
sage without intervening motion except one motion to re-
commit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 6. At any time after the adoption of this resolu-
tion 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. 2610) making appropriations for 
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and 
Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal 
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year ending September 30, 2014, 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 equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appro-
priations. After general debate the bill shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order 
against provisions 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 printed 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 committee rises and reports the bill back to the House 
with a recommendation that the bill do pass, 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 in-
structions. 
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