Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3219) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3219) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 473 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                  House Calendar No. 68
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 473

                          [Report No. 115-259]

      Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3219) making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2017

     Mr. Cole, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3219) making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.

    Resolved, That at any time after 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 consideration of the bill (H.R. 3219) making appropriations 
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2018, 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 shall not 
exceed two hours equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. After 
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the 
five-minute rule. An amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting 
of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-30 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. Points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, for 
failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived.
    Sec. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill shall be in order 
except those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution, amendments en bloc described in section 3 
of this resolution, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 of 
this resolution.
    (b) Each further 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, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon, 
shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of 
this resolution, 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 further amendments printed in the 
report of the Committee on Rules or against 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 Appropriations or his designee to offer amendments en bloc 
consisting of further amendments printed in the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed of. 
Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered 
as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations or their respective designees, shall not be subject to 
amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolution, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or 
in the Committee of the Whole.
    Sec. 4.  During consideration of the bill for amendment, the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their 
respective designees may offer up to 20 pro forma amendments each at 
any point for the purpose of debate.
    Sec. 5.  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 consideration of the bill shall be in 
order except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House.
    Sec. 6. (a) During consideration of H.R. 3219, it shall not be in 
order to consider an amendment proposing both a decrease in an 
appropriation designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and an 
increase in an appropriation not so designated, or vice versa.
    (b) This paragraph shall not apply to an amendment between the 
Houses.
                                                  House Calendar No. 68

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 473

                          [Report No. 115-259]

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                               RESOLUTION

      Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3219) making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.

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                             July 25, 2017

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed