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House Calendar No. 155
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 415
[Report No. 107–450]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4546) to authorize appropriations
for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense,
and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths
for fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 8, 2002
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. 4546) to author-
ize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activi-
ties of the Department of Defense, and for military con-
struction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for
fiscal year 2003, 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. 4546) to authorize appropriations
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for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, and for military construction, to pre-
scribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003,
and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall
be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con-
fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on Armed Services. After
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment
under the five-minute rule.
SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi-
nal 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 na-
ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points
of order against the committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute are waived.
(b) 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 accom-
panying this resolution and amendments en bloc described
in section 3 of this resolution.
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(c) Except as specified in section 4 of this resolution,
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, and shall not
be subject to a demand for division of the question in the
House or in the Committee of the Whole. Unless otherwise
specified in the report, each amendment printed in the re-
port shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not
be subject to amendment (except as specified in the report
and except that the chairman and ranking minority mem-
ber of the Committee on Armed Services each may offer
one pro forma amendment for the purpose of further de-
bate on any pending amendment).
(d) All points of order against amendments printed
in 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-
man of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee
to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments
printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules
not earlier disposed of or germane modifications of any
such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant
to this section shall be considered as read (except that
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modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for 40
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed
Services or their designees, shall not be subject to 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. 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 per-
fecting amendment to the text originally proposed to be
stricken. The original proponent of an amendment in-
cluded in such amendments en bloc may insert a state-
ment in the Congressional Record immediately before the
disposition of the amendments en bloc.
SEC. 4. 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. 5. 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
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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.