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[H. Res. 403 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                  House Calendar No. 61
110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 403

                          [Report No. 110-151]

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1585) to authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the 
 Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
               fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2007

    Ms. Castor, 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. 1585) to authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the 
 Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
               fiscal year 2008, 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. 1585) to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
fiscal year 2008, 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 except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule 
XXI. General debate shall be confined to the bill and the amendments 
made in order by this resolution and shall not exceed 90 minutes 
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 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 except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.
     (b) Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, 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 amendments en bloc described in 
section 3 of this resolution.
    (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 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.
    (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 except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of 
rule XXI.
    Sec. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman 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 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 
chairman and ranking minority 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 question 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 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 accompanying this resolution out of the order 
printed, but not sooner than 30 minutes 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 to final passage without intervening motion 
except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
    Sec. 6. During consideration in the House of H.R. 1585 pursuant to 
this resolution, notwithstanding the operation of the previous 
question, the Chair may postpone further consideration of the bill to 
such time as may be designated by the Speaker.
                                                  House Calendar No. 61

110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 403

                          [Report No. 110-151]

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                               RESOLUTION

   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1585) to authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the 
 Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
               fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes.

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                              May 15, 2007

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed