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House Calendar No. 28 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 582 
[Report No. 118–141] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2670) to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense 
and for military construction, and for defense activities of the Depart-
ment of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2023 
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. 2670) to author-
ize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activi-
ties of the Department of Defense and for military con-
struction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 
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 
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the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2670) to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense and for military construction, and for de-
fense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 
the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to 
the bill and amendments specified in this section and shall 
not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Armed Services or their respective designees. After general 
debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under 
the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Armed Services now printed in the bill, an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 118-10, modified by the amendment 
printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as 
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. 
The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original 
bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five- 
minute rule and shall be considered as read. All points 
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of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are 
waived. 
SEC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill, as 
amended, shall be in order except those printed in part 
B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution and amendments en bloc described in sec-
tion 3 of this resolution. 
(b) Each further amendment printed in part B of 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, 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. 
(c) All points of order against the further amend-
ments printed in part B of the report of the Committee 
on Rules or amendments en bloc described in section 3 
of this resolution are waived. 
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair 
of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to 
offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments print-
ed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules ac-
companying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amend-
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ments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be con-
sidered as read, shall be debatable for 40 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Armed Services or their re-
spective 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. 
SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 
for amendment pursuant to this resolution, the Committee 
of the Whole shall rise without motion. No further consid-
eration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a 
subsequent order of the House. 
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House Calendar No. 28 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 582 
[Report No. 118–141] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2670) 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 
for military activities of the Department of De-
fense and for military construction, and for de-
fense activities of the Department of Energy, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such 
fiscal year, and for other purposes. 
JULY 12, 2023 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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