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.

Introduced in House

All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now printed in the bill is consider as original text for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. 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 the resolution). 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.

Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 229 - 194 (Roll no. 352).(text: CR H5060)