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House Calendar No. 179
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 648
[Report No. 108–499] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4200) to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2005, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19 (legislative day, MAY 18), 2004
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. 4200) to author-
ize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activi-
ties of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal year 2005, 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. 4200) to authorize appropriations
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for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths 
for fiscal year 2005, 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. 
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) Each amendment printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 
printed in the report (except as specified in section 4 of 
this resolution), may be offered only by a Member des-
ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, and 
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques-
tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. Each 
amendment printed in the report shall be debatable for 
10 minutes (unless otherwise specified in the report) 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent and shall not be subject to amendment (except 
that the chairman 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 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 the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amend-
ments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be con-
sidered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally
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divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Armed Services or 
their 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. The 
original proponent of an amendment included in such 
amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Con-
gressional 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 accompanying 
this resolution out of the order printed, but not sooner 
than one hour after the chairman of the Committee on 
Armed Services or a designee announces 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 
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
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to final passage without intervening motion except one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions.