House Calendar No. 159

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 429

[Report No. 103–509]

RESOLUTION

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

for fiscal year 1995, and for other purposes.fense, to prescribe military personnel strengthsfor military activities of the Department of Deto authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995

MAY 17, 1994

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed
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House Calendar No. 159

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 429

[Report No. 103–509]

Providing for 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 17, 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 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 consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 4301) to authorize appropriations
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1 for fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the Depart2 ment of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths

3 for fiscal year 1995, and for other purposes. The first

4 reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of

5 order against consideration of the bill are waived. General

6 debate shall be confined to the bill and the amendments

7 made in order by this resolution and shall not exceed two

8 hours equally divided and controlled by the chairman and

9 ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed

10 Services. After general debate the bill shall be considered

11 for amendment under the five-minute rule.

12 SEC. 2. It shall be in order to consider as an original

13 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute

14 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec15 ommended by the Committee on Armed Services now

16 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na17 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points

18 of order against the committee amendment in the nature

19 of a substitute are waived. No amendment to the commit20 tee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in

21 order except the amendments printed in the report of the

22 Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and

23 amendments en bloc described in section 4 of this resolu24 tion. Except as specified in section 3, 4, or 5 of this resolu25 tion, each amendment printed in the report shall be con-
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1 sidered only in the order printed and may be offered only

2 by a Member designated in the report. Each amendment

3 printed in the report shall be considered as read and shall

4 not be subject to a demand for division of the question

5 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. Unless

6 otherwise specified in the report, each amendment printed

7 in the report shall be debatable for ten minutes equally

8 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent

9 and shall not be subject to amendment (except that pro

10 forma amendments for the purpose of debate may be of11 fered by the chairman or ranking minority member of the

12 Committee on Armed Services). All points of order against

13 amendments printed in the report are waived.

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

15 further proceedings on amendments printed in part 1 of

16 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this

17 resolution, it shall be in order to consider the amendments

18 printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules

19 accompanying this resolution. Such consideration shall

20 begin with an additional period of general debate, which

21 shall be confined to ballistic missile defense and shall not

22 exceed twenty minutes equally divided and controlled by

23 the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com24 mittee on Armed Services. If more than one of the amend25 ments printed in part 2 of the report is adopted, only the
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1 last to be adopted shall be considered as finally adopted

2 and reported to the House.

3 (b) After disposition of or postponement of further

4 proceedings on the amendments printed in part 2 of the

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

6 printed in part 3 of the report (relating to burdensharing).

7 (c) After disposition of or postponement of further

8 proceedings on the amendments printed in part 3 of the

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

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

11 accompanying this resolution. Such consideration shall

12 begin with an additional period of general debate, which

13 shall be confined to the Trident II (D–5) missile and shall

14 not exceed twenty minutes equally divided and controlled

15 by the chairman and ranking minority member of the

16 Committee on Armed Services.

17 (d) After disposition of or postponement of further

18 proceedings on the amendments printed in part 4 of the

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

20 printed in part 5 of the report (relating to the Seawolf

21 submarine).

22 (e) After disposition of or postponement of further

23 proceedings on the amendment printed in part 5 of the

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

25 printed in part 1 of the report 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 germane modifications of

6 any such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursu7 ant to this section shall be considered as read (except that

8 modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for

9 twenty minutes equally divided and controlled by the

10 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

11 on Armed Services, shall not be subject to amendment,

12 and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the

13 question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.

14 For the purpose of inclusion in such amendments en bloc,

15 an amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike

16 may be modified to the form of a germane perfecting

17 amendment to the text originally proposed to be stricken.

18 All points of order against such amendments en bloc are

19 waived. The original proponent of an amendment included

20 in such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in

21 the Congressional Record immediately before the disposi22 tion of the amendments en bloc.

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

24 may postpone until a time during further consideration

25 in the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded
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1 vote on any amendment made in order by this resolution.

2 The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may reduce

3 to not less than five minutes the time for voting by elec4 tronic device on any postponed question that immediately

5 follows another vote by electronic device without interven6 ing business, provided that the time for voting by elec7 tronic device on the first in any series of questions shall

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

9 Committee of the Whole may recognize for consideration

10 any amendment made in order by this resolution out of

11 the order printed, but not sooner than one hour after the

12 chairman of the Committee on Armed Services or a des13 ignee announces from the floor a request to that effect.

14 SEC. 6. After disposition of or continued postpone15 ment of further proceedings on each of the amendments

16 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom17 panying this resolution and any amendments offered pur18 suant to section 4 of this resolution, the Committee of the

19 Whole shall rise without motion. No further consideration

20 of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a subse21 quent order of the House.