House Calendar No. 164

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 431

[Report No. 103–520]

RESOLUTION

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R.

for fiscal year 1995, and for other purposes.Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths1995 for military activities of the Department of4301) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year

MAY 20, 1994

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed
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House Calendar No. 164

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 431

[Report No. 103–520]

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4301) to authorize

appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal

year 1995, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 20, 1994

Mr. FROST, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;

which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4301)

to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe

military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1995, and

for other purposes.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of

3 rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further

5 consideration of the bill (H.R. 4301) to authorize appro-
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1 priations for fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the

2 Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel

3 strengths for fiscal year 1995, and for other purposes.

4 SEC. 2. After further general debate, which shall be

5 confined to the bill and amendments made in order by this

6 resolution and which shall not exceed one hour equally di7 vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor8 ity member of the Committee on Armed Services, no fur9 ther amendment to the committee amendment in the na10 ture of a substitute shall be in order except the amend11 ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules

12 accompanying this resolution or in part 1 of House Report

13 103–509 and amendments en bloc described in section 4

14 of this resolution. Except as specified in section 3, 4, or

15 5 of this resolution, each amendment printed in the report

16 shall be considered only in the order printed and may be

17 offered only by a Member designated in the report. Each

18 amendment printed in the report shall be considered as

19 read and shall not be subject to a demand for division

20 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the

21 Whole. Unless otherwise specified in the report, each

22 amendment printed in the report shall be debatable for

23 ten minutes equally divided and controlled by the pro24 ponent and an opponent and shall not be subject to

25 amendment (except that pro forma amendments for the
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1 purpose of debate may be offered by the chairman or rank2 ing minority member of the Committee on Armed Serv3 ices). All points of order against amendments printed in

4 the report are waived.

5 SEC. 3. (a) After disposition of or postponement of

6 further proceedings on amendments printed in part 1 of

7 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this

8 resolution or in part 1 of House Report 103–509, it shall

9 be in order to consider the amendment printed in part 2

10 of that report.

11 (b) After disposition of or postponement of further

12 proceedings on the amendment printed in part 2 of the

13 report, it shall be in order to consider the amendments

14 printed in part 3 of the report. Such consideration shall

15 begin with an additional period of general debate, which

16 shall be confined to the subject of Bosnia and Herzegovina

17 and shall not exceed thirty minutes equally divided and

18 controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member

19 of the Committee on Armed Services. If more than one

20 of the amendments printed in part 3 of the report is

21 adopted, only the last to be adopted shall be considered

22 as finally adopted and reported to the House.

23 (c) After disposition of or postponement of further

24 proceedings on the amendments printed in part 3 of the

25 report, it shall be in order to consider the amendments
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1 printed in part 4 of the report. Such consideration shall

2 begin with an additional period of general debate, which

3 shall be confined to the subject of Haiti and shall not ex4 ceed thirty minutes equally divided and controlled by the

5 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

6 on Armed Services.

7 (d) After disposition of or postponement of further

8 proceedings on the amendments printed in part 4 of the

9 report, it shall be in order to consider the amendment

10 printed in part 5 of the report.

11 (e) After disposition of or postponement of further

12 proceedings on the amendment printed in part 5 of the

13 report, it shall be in order to consider the amendments

14 printed in part 6 of the report. Such consideration shall

15 begin with an additional period of general debate, which

16 shall be confined to the C–17 aircraft and shall not exceed

17 sixty minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair18 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

19 Armed Services.

20 (f) After disposition of or postponement of further

21 proceedings on the amendments printed in part 6 of the

22 report, it shall be in order to consider any amendment

23 printed in part 1 of that report or in part 1 of House

24 Report 103–509 not previously considered.
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1 SEC. 4. It shall be in order at any time for the chair2 man of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee

3 to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments

4 printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules

5 accompanying this resolution or in part 1 of House Report

6 103–509 or germane modifications of any such amend7 ment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this sec8 tion shall be considered as read (except that modifications

9 shall be reported), shall be debatable for twenty minutes

10 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank11 ing minority member of the Committee on Armed Services,

12 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub13 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House

14 or in the Committee of the Whole. For the purpose of in15 clusion in such amendments en bloc, an amendment print16 ed in the form of a motion to strike may be modified to

17 the form of a germane perfecting amendment to the text

18 originally proposed to be stricken. All points of order

19 against such amendments en bloc are waived. The original

20 proponent of an amendment included in such amendments

21 en bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional

22 Record immediately before the disposition of the amend23 ments en bloc.

24 SEC. 5. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole

25 may postpone until a time during further consideration
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1 in the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded

2 vote on any amendment made in order by this resolution.

3 The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may reduce

4 to not less than five minutes the time for voting by elec5 tronic device on any postponed question that immediately

6 follows another vote by electronic device without interven7 ing business, provided that the time for voting by elec8 tronic device on the first in any series of questions shall

9 be not less than fifteen minutes. The chairman of the

10 Committee of the Whole may recognize for consideration

11 of any amendment made in order by this resolution out

12 of the order printed, but not sooner than one hour after

13 the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services or a

14 designee announces from the floor a request to that effect.

15 SEC. 6. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill

16 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the

17 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been

18 finally adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote

19 in the House on any amendment adopted in the Commit20 tee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amend21 ment in the nature of a substitute. The previous question

22 shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

23 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

24 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.