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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 444 

Providing for the en bloc consideration of military nominations. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 31, 2023 

Mr. REED submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Rules and Administration 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for the en bloc consideration of military 

nominations. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. EN BLOC CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY NOMI3 NATIONS. 

4 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘military 

5 nomination’’ means a nomination to a position in, or pro6 motion of an individual serving in a position in, an Armed 

7 Force. 

8 (b) MOTION TO PROCEED.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

10 (A) AUTHORIZATION.—Except as provided 

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1 gress, it shall be in order for the majority lead2 er, or a designee, to make a single motion in 

3 Executive Session, or a single motion in Legis4 lative Session to proceed to Executive Session, 

5 to the en bloc consideration of 2 or more mili6 tary nominations that, at the time of the mo7 tion— 

8 (i) are pending on the Executive cal9 endar or are on the Secretary’s Desk; 

10 (ii) have laid over 1 day, as required 

11 under paragraph 1 of rule XXXI of the 

12 Standing Rules of the Senate; and 

13 (iii) have been favorably reported to 

14 the Senate by the Committee on Armed 

15 Services of the Senate. 

16 (B) EXCEPTION.—It shall not be in order 

17 to include in a motion under subparagraph (A) 

18 a nomination to— 

19 (i) a position described in section 

20 151(a) of title 10, United States Code (re21 lating to the membership of the Joint 

22 Chiefs of Staff); or 

23 (ii) a position as the commander of a 

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1 tion 161, 167, or 167b of title 10, United 

2 States Code. 

3 (2) CONSIDERATION OF MOTION.—A motion to 

4 proceed under paragraph (1) shall not be debatable 

5 and shall not be divisible or subject to a point of 

6 order. 

7 (c) CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY NOMINATIONS.— 

8 (1) CLOTURE MOTION IN ORDER.—If a motion 

9 to proceed to 2 or more military nominations under 

10 subsection (b)(1) is agreed to, the military nomina11 tions considered en bloc shall not be subject to divi12 sion and it shall be in order for a Senator to present 

13 a single cloture motion to bring to a close debate on 

14 the military nominations, en bloc, signed in accord15 ance with rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 

16 Senate. 

17 (2) QUESTION.—When, in accordance with rule 

18 XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Pre19 siding Officer submits to the Senate by a yea-and20 nay vote the question on a cloture motion presented 

21 under paragraph (1), the question shall be: ‘‘Is it 

22 the sense of the Senate that debate shall be brought 

23 to a close on the military nominations the Senate 

24 agreed to consider en bloc?’’. 


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1 (3) VOTE THRESHOLD TO INVOKE CLOTURE.— 

2 The question under paragraph (2) shall be decided 

3 by a majority of the Senators voting, a quorum 

4 being present. 

5 (4) POST CLOTURE CONSIDERATION.—If clo6 ture is invoked under paragraph (3), the military 

7 nominations being considered en bloc shall be the 

8 unfinished business to the exclusion of all other busi9 ness until disposed of and there shall be no more 

10 than 2 hours of consideration of the military nomi11 nations being considered en bloc. 

12 (5) VOTE ON NOMINATIONS.—After no more 

13 than 2 hours of consideration of the military nomi14 nations under paragraph (4), the Senate shall vote, 

15 without any intervening action or debate, except a 

16 single quorum call on demand to establish the pres17 ence of a quorum (and motions required to establish 

18 a quorum), on the confirmation of the military nomi19 nations en bloc. 

20 (6) DISPOSING OF NOMINATIONS.—Following 

21 confirmation of the military nominations en bloc 

22 under paragraph (5), the motion to reconsider the 

23 confirmation vote on the military nominations en 

24 bloc shall be considered made and laid upon the 


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1 table and the President shall be immediately notified 

2 of the Senate’s action on the military nominations. 

3 (d) MULTIPLE MOTIONS AUTHORIZED.—There shall 

4 be no limit on the number of motions in order under this 

5 resolution. 

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