Bill > HRes661

This Resolution sets the rules for how the House of Representatives will consider H.B. 4310, a bill that authorizes funding for the Department of Defense's military activities and sets personnel levels for fiscal year 2013. Specifically, it allows the Speaker to bring the bill up for debate and amendment in the Committee of the Whole, a procedural step where the House acts as a committee to discuss and amend legislation. The resolution replaces the original proposed changes to the bill with a new version and waives certain procedural objections, or "points of order," against it. It also limits the types of amendments that can be offered to only those specifically listed in the Rules Committee's report or those grouped together as "amendments en bloc" by the chair of the Armed Services Committee. These grouped amendments will also have points of order waived against them and will be debated for a set time. Finally, after all amendments are considered, the bill will be sent back to the full House for a final vote, with a limited opportunity for one final motion to send it back to committee.