[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 276 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  House Calendar No. 40
112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 276

                          [Report No. 112-88]

    Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1540) to 
 authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities 
    of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
 prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 2011

Mr. Bishop of Utah, 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 further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1540) to 
 authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities 
    of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
 prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, 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 further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1540) to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for 
other purposes. No further general debate shall be in order.
    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.
    (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 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, 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 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 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 
chair 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.  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.
                                                  House Calendar No. 40

112th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 276

                          [Report No. 112-88]

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                               RESOLUTION

    Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1540) to 
 authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities 
    of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
 prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                              May 24, 2011

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed