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Calendar No. 247 

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 

NOVEMBER 14 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 13), 2023 

Reported by Ms. KLOBUCHAR, without amendment 

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.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

2 (A) AUTHORIZATION.—Except as provided 

3 in subparagraph (B), during the 118th Con4 gress, it shall be in order for the majority lead5 er, or a designee, to make a single motion in 

6 Executive Session, or a single motion in Legis7 lative Session to proceed to Executive Session, 

8 to the en bloc consideration of 2 or more mili9 tary nominations that, at the time of the mo10 tion— 

11 (i) are pending on the Executive cal12 endar or are on the Secretary’s Desk; 

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

14 under paragraph 1 of rule XXXI of the 

15 Standing Rules of the Senate; and 

16 (iii) have been favorably reported to 

17 the Senate by the Committee on Armed 

18 Services of the Senate. 

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

20 to include in a motion under subparagraph (A) 

21 a nomination to— 

22 (i) a position described in section 

23 151(a) of title 10, United States Code (re24 lating to the membership of the Joint 

25 Chiefs of Staff); or 


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1 (ii) a position as the commander of a 

2 combatant command established under sec3 tion 161, 167, or 167b of title 10, United 

4 States Code. 

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

6 proceed under paragraph (1) shall not be debatable 

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

8 order. 

9 (c) CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY NOMINATIONS.— 

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

11 to proceed to 2 or more military nominations under 

12 subsection (b)(1) is agreed to, the military nomina13 tions considered en bloc shall not be subject to divi14 sion and it shall be in order for a Senator to present 

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

16 the military nominations, en bloc, signed in accord17 ance with rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 

18 Senate. 

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

20 XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Pre21 siding Officer submits to the Senate by a yea-and22 nay vote the question on a cloture motion presented 

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

24 the sense of the Senate that debate shall be brought 


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1 to a close on the military nominations the Senate 

2 agreed to consider en bloc?’’. 

3 (3) VOTE THRESHOLD TO INVOKE CLOTURE.— 

4 The question under paragraph (2) shall be decided 

5 by a majority of the Senators voting, a quorum 

6 being present. 

7 (4) POST CLOTURE CONSIDERATION.—If clo8 ture is invoked under paragraph (3), the military 

9 nominations being considered en bloc shall be the 

10 unfinished business to the exclusion of all other busi11 ness until disposed of and there shall be no more 

12 than 2 hours of consideration of the military nomi13 nations being considered en bloc. 

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

15 than 2 hours of consideration of the military nomi16 nations under paragraph (4), the Senate shall vote, 

17 without any intervening action or debate, except a 

18 single quorum call on demand to establish the pres19 ence of a quorum (and motions required to establish 

20 a quorum), on the confirmation of the military nomi21 nations en bloc. 

22 (6) DISPOSING OF NOMINATIONS.—Following 

23 confirmation of the military nominations en bloc 

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

25 confirmation vote on the military nominations en 


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1 bloc shall be considered made and laid upon the 

2 table and the President shall be immediately notified 

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

4 (d) MULTIPLE MOTIONS AUTHORIZED.—There shall 

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

6 resolution. 


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Calendar No. 247 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 444 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for the en bloc consideration of military 

nominations. 

NOVEMBER 14 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 13), 2023 

Reported without amendment 


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