| 1 | 1 | | H. Res. 582 |
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| 2 | 2 | | In the House of Representatives, U. S., |
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| 3 | 3 | | July 12, 2023. |
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| 4 | 4 | | Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolu- |
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| 5 | 5 | | tion the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, |
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| 6 | 6 | | declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole |
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| 7 | 7 | | House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill |
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| 8 | 8 | | (H.R. 2670) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 |
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| 9 | 9 | | for military activities of the Department of Defense and for |
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| 10 | 10 | | military construction, and for defense activities of the De- |
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| 11 | 11 | | partment of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths |
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| 12 | 12 | | for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. The first reading |
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| 13 | 13 | | of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against |
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| 14 | 14 | | consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be |
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| 15 | 15 | | confined to the bill and amendments specified in this section |
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| 16 | 16 | | and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled |
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| 17 | 17 | | by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee |
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| 18 | 18 | | on Armed Services or their respective designees. After general |
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| 19 | 19 | | debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the |
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| 20 | 20 | | five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of |
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| 21 | 21 | | a substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed Serv- 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | •HRES 582 EH |
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| 23 | 23 | | ices now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of |
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| 24 | 24 | | a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print |
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| 25 | 25 | | 118–10, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolu- |
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| 27 | 27 | | tion, shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the |
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| 28 | 28 | | Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be con- |
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| 29 | 29 | | sidered as the original bill for the purpose of further amend- |
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| 30 | 30 | | ment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as |
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| 31 | 31 | | read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | amended, are waived. |
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| 33 | 33 | | S |
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| 34 | 34 | | EC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill, as amend- |
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| 35 | 35 | | ed, shall be in order except those printed in part B of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolu- |
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| 37 | 37 | | tion and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this |
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| 38 | 38 | | resolution. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) Each further amendment printed in part B of the re- |
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| 40 | 40 | | port of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only in |
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| 41 | 41 | | the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a |
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| 42 | 42 | | Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, |
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| 43 | 43 | | shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally |
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| 44 | 44 | | divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, |
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| 45 | 45 | | shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject |
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| 46 | 46 | | to a demand for division of the question in the House or in |
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| 47 | 47 | | the Committee of the Whole. 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | •HRES 582 EH |
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| 49 | 49 | | (c) All points of order against the further amendments |
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| 50 | 50 | | printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules |
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| 51 | 51 | | or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolu- |
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| 52 | 52 | | tion are waived. |
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| 53 | 53 | | S |
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| 54 | 54 | | EC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair of |
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| 55 | 55 | | the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to offer |
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| 56 | 56 | | amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in |
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| 57 | 57 | | part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accom- |
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| 58 | 58 | | panying this resolution not earlier disposed of. Amendments |
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| 59 | 59 | | en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered |
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| 60 | 60 | | as read, shall be debatable for 40 minutes equally divided and |
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| 61 | 61 | | controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the |
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| 62 | 62 | | Committee on Armed Services or their respective designees, |
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| 63 | 63 | | shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject |
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| 64 | 64 | | to a demand for division of the question in the House or in |
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| 65 | 65 | | the Committee of the Whole. |
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| 66 | 66 | | S |
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| 67 | 67 | | EC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for |
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| 68 | 68 | | amendment pursuant to this resolution, the Committee of the |
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| 69 | 69 | | Whole shall rise without motion. No further consideration of |
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| 70 | 70 | | the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent |
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| 71 | 71 | | order of the House. |
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| 72 | 72 | | S |
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| 73 | 73 | | EC. 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this res- |
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| 74 | 74 | | olution, during consideration of H.R. 2670 pursuant to this 4 |
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| 75 | 75 | | •HRES 582 EH |
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| 76 | 76 | | resolution, it shall not be in order to consider amendment |
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| 77 | 77 | | number 60 printed in part B of House Report 118–141. |
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| 78 | 78 | | Attest: |
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| 79 | 79 | | Clerk. |
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