| 1 | 1 | | H. Res. 583 |
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| 2 | 2 | | In the House of Representatives, U. S., |
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| 3 | 3 | | July 13, 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 further consideration of |
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| 8 | 8 | | the bill (H.R. 2670) to authorize appropriations for fiscal |
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| 9 | 9 | | year 2024 for military activities of the Department of De- |
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| 10 | 10 | | fense and for military construction, and for defense activities |
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| 11 | 11 | | of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel |
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| 12 | 12 | | strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. |
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| 13 | 13 | | S |
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| 14 | 14 | | EC. 2. (a) No further amendment to the bill, as amend- |
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| 15 | 15 | | ed, shall be in order except those printed in the report of the |
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| 16 | 16 | | Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and |
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| 17 | 17 | | amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) Each further amendment printed in the report of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order |
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| 20 | 20 | | printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member des- |
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| 21 | 21 | | ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be de- |
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| 22 | 22 | | batable for the time specified in the report equally divided 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | •HRES 583 EH |
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| 24 | 24 | | and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not |
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| 25 | 25 | | be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de- |
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| 26 | 26 | | mand for division of the question in the House or in the |
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| 27 | 27 | | Committee of the Whole. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) All points of order against the further amendments |
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| 29 | 29 | | printed in the report of the Committee on Rules or amend- |
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| 30 | 30 | | ments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are |
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| 31 | 31 | | waived. |
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| 32 | 32 | | S |
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| 33 | 33 | | EC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair of |
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| 34 | 34 | | the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to offer |
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| 35 | 35 | | amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in the |
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| 36 | 36 | | report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolu- |
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| 37 | 37 | | tion not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc offered pur- |
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| 38 | 38 | | suant to this section shall be considered as read, shall be de- |
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| 39 | 39 | | batable for 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the |
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| 40 | 40 | | chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on |
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| 41 | 41 | | Armed Services or their respective designees, shall not be |
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| 42 | 42 | | subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand |
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| 43 | 43 | | for division of the question in the House or in the Committee |
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| 44 | 44 | | of the Whole. |
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| 45 | 45 | | S |
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| 46 | 46 | | EC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for |
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| 47 | 47 | | amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill, as |
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| 48 | 48 | | amended, to the House with such further amendments as |
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| 49 | 49 | | may have been adopted. The previous question shall be con- |
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| 50 | 50 | | sidered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any fur- 3 |
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| 51 | 51 | | •HRES 583 EH |
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| 52 | 52 | | ther amendment thereto to final passage without intervening |
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| 53 | 53 | | motion except one motion to recommit. |
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| 54 | 54 | | Attest: |
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| 55 | 55 | | Clerk. |
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