[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 245 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                  House Calendar No. 45
108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 245

                          [Report No. 108-120]

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1588) to authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the 
 Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
               fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2003

   Mrs. Myrick, 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. 1588) to authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the 
 Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
               fiscal year 2004, 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 consideration of the bill (H.R. 1588) to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
fiscal year 2004, 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. It shall be in order to consider as an original 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 nature of a 
substitute shall be considered as read. All points of order against the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. 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 accompanying this resolution and those made in order by a 
subsequent order of the House. Each amendment printed in the report of 
the Committee on Rules may be offered only in the order printed in the 
report (except as specified in section 2 of this resolution), 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 (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), and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of 
order against amendments printed in the report are waived. After 
disposition of the amendments printed in the report, the Committee of 
the Whole shall rise without motion. No further consideration of the 
bill shall be in order except by a subsequent order of the House.
    Sec. 2. 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 announces from the floor a request to that effect.
    Sec. 3. During consideration of the bill under this resolution or 
by a subsequent order of the House--
            (1) after a motion that the Committee rise has been 
        rejected on a legislative day, the Chairman of the Committee of 
        the Whole may entertain another such motion on that day only if 
        offered by the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services or 
        the Majority Leader or a designee; and
            (2) after a motion to strike out the enacting words of the 
        bill (as described in clause 9 of rule XVIII) has been 
        rejected, the Chairman may not entertain another such motion.




                                                  House Calendar No. 45

108th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 245

                          [Report No. 108-120]

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                               RESOLUTION

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1588) to authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the 
 Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
               fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.

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                              May 20, 2003

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed