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House Calendar No. 45
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 245
[Report No. 108–120] 
Providing for 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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 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 consideration of the bill (H.R. 1588) to author-
ize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activi-
ties 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 consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 1588) to authorize appropriations
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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. 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 the amendments 
made in order by this resolution and shall not exceed two 
hours equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 
Services. After general debate the bill shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in 
order to consider as an original 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 nature of a substitute shall be consid-
ered as read. All points of order against the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. 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 those made in order by a subsequent order 
of the House. Each amendment printed in the report of 
the Committee on Rules may be offered only in the order 
printed in the report (except as specified in section 2 of
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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 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment (except that the chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Armed Services each may offer one pro forma amendment 
for the purpose of further debate on any pending 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 amendments printed in 
the report are waived. After disposition of the amend-
ments printed in the report, the Committee of the Whole 
shall rise without motion. No further consideration of the 
bill shall be in order except by a subsequent order of the 
House. 
SEC. 2. 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 
of the Committee on Armed Services or a designee an-
nounces from the floor a request to that effect. 
SEC. 3. During consideration of the bill under this 
resolution or by a subsequent order of the House—
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(1) after a motion that the Committee rise has 
been rejected on a legislative day, the Chairman of 
the Committee of the Whole may entertain another 
such motion on that day only if offered by the chair-
man of the Committee on Armed Services or the 
Majority Leader or a designee; and 
(2) after a motion to strike out the enacting 
words of the bill (as described in clause 9 of rule 
XVIII) has been rejected, the Chairman may not en-
tertain another such motion.
House Calendar No. 45
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 245
[Report No. 108–120] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1588) 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 
for military activities of the Department of De-
fense, to prescribe military personnel strengths 
for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes. 
MAY 20, 2003
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed