[House Report 112-113]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    112-113

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      PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2219) MAKING 
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 
               SEPTEMBER 30, 2012, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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   June 22, 2011.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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               Mr. Nugent, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 320]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 320, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2219, the 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012, under an open 
rule. The resolution provides one hour of general debate 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The 
resolution waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The resolution waives points of order against 
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
Rule XXI. Under the Rules of the House the bill shall be read 
for amendment by paragraph. The resolution provides that the 
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 
rule. The resolution authorizes the Chair to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in 
the Congressional Record. The resolution provides one motion to 
recommit H.R. 2219 with or without instructions.
    Section 2 of the resolution establishes a standing order of 
the House, which prohibits consideration of an amendment to a 
general appropriation bill proposing both a decrease in an 
appropriation designated as costs of the Global War on Terror 
pursuant to section 301 of House Concurrent Resolution 34 and 
an increase in an appropriation not so designated, or vice 
versa.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of the following:
    Clause 4(c) of Rule XIII, which prohibits consideration of 
a general appropriations bill reported by the Committee on 
Appropriations from being considered in the House until the 
third calendar day on which printed hearings of the Committee 
on Appropriations thereon have been available to Members.
    Section 306 of the Budget Act of 1974, which prohibits the 
consideration of a bill dealing with any matter within the 
jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget unless it is a bill 
or resolution which has been reported by the Committee on the 
Budget. The bill includes designations consistent with H. Con. 
Res. 34, the House passed budget resolution, which are within 
the jurisdiction of the House Budget Committee.
    The waiver of clause 2 of Rule XXI, which prohibits 
unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an 
appropriations bill, is necessary because the bill contains 
unauthorized appropriations and legislative provisions.

                                  
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