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House Calendar No. 114 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 732 
[Report No. 114–569] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4909) to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense 
and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths 
for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2016 
Mr. BYRNE of Alabama, 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. 4909) to author-
ize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activi-
ties of the Department of Defense and for military con-
struction, 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 
the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
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•HRES 732 RH 
ation of the bill (H.R. 4909) to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense and for military construction, 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 shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chair 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. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of 
a substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed 
Services now printed in the bill, an amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Com-
mittee Print 114-51, modified by the amendment printed 
in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying 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 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 
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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-
ments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be con-
sidered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Armed Services or their des-
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