H. Res. 164
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
June 13, 1995.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule
XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of
the bill (H.R. 1530) to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 1996 for military activities of the Department of De-
fense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year
1996, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined
to the bill and the amendments made in order by this resolu-
tion and shall not exceed two hours equally divided and con-
trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on National Security. After general debate the bill
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute
rule.
SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an original
bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule
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the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by
the Committee on National Security now printed in the bill.
The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as
modified by striking section 807, and by an amendment
printed in part 3 of the report of the Committee on Rules
accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as read. All
points of order against the committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute are waived.
(b) No amendment to the committee amendment in the
nature of a substitute, as modified, shall be in order except
the amendments printed in the report of the Committee on
Rules accompanying this resolution, amendments en bloc de-
scribed in section 3 of this resolution, and the amendments
described in section 4 of this resolution.
(c) Except as specified in section 5 of this resolution,
each amendment printed in the report shall be considered
only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only
by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as
read, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. Un-
less otherwise specified in the report, each amendment print-
ed in the report shall be debatable for ten minutes equally
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent and
shall not be subject to amendment (except that the chairman
or ranking minority member of the Committee on National
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Security each may offer one pro forma amendment for the
purpose of further debate on any pending amendment).
(d) All points of order against amendments printed in
the report, amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this
resolution, and amendments described in section 4 of this res-
olution, are waived.
(e)(1) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart
B of part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution shall begin with an additional period
of general debate, which shall be confined to the subject of
cooperative threat reduction with the states of the former So-
viet Union and shall not exceed thirty minutes equally divided
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member
of the Committee on National Security.
(2) Consideration of amendments printed in subpart D
of part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution shall begin with an additional period
of general debate, which shall be confined to the subject of
ballistic missile defense and shall not exceed sixty minutes
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on National Security.
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman
of the Committee on National Security or his designee to
offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed
in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
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panying this resolution not earlier disposed of or germane
modifications of any such amendment. Amendments en bloc
offered pursuant to this section shall be considered as read
(except that modifications shall be reported), shall be debat-
able for twenty minutes equally divided and controlled by the
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on
National Security or their designees, shall not be subject to
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the
Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in such amendments en
bloc, an amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike
may be modified to the form of a germane perfecting amend-
ment to the text originally proposed to be stricken. The origi-
nal proponent of an amendment included in such amend-
ments en bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional
Record immediately before the disposition of the amendments
en bloc.
SEC. 4. (a) It shall be in order for Representative
Clinger of Pennsylvania, with the concurrence of Representa-
tive Collins of Illinois, to offer the amendment numbered 1
in subpart C of part 1 of the report of the Committee on
Rules in a modified form that is germane to the form printed
in the report.
(b) After disposition of all other amendments, it shall be
in order at any time for the chairman of the Committee on
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National Security or his designee to offer an amendment not
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompany-
ing this resolution to reconcile spending levels reflected in the
bill with the corresponding level reflected in a conference re-
port to accompany a concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 1996. The amendment shall be considered as read,
shall be debatable for ten minutes equally divided and con-
trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
Committee on National Security or their designees, shall not
be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de-
mand for division of the question in the House or in the
Committee of the Whole.
SEC. 5. (a) The chairman of the Committee of the Whole
may postpone until a time during further consideration in the
Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any
amendment made in order by this resolution.
(b) The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may
reduce to not less than five minutes the time for voting by
electronic device on any postponed question that immediately
follows another vote by electronic device without intervening
business, provided that the time for voting by electronic de-
vice on the first in any series of questions shall be not less
than fifteen minutes.
(c) The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may
recognize for consideration of any amendment made in order
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by this resolution out of the order printed but not sooner
than one hour after the chairman of the Committee on Na-
tional Security or a designee announces from the floor a re-
quest to that effect.
SEC. 6. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to
the House with such amendments as may have been adopted.
Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on
any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to
the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute, as modified. The previous question shall be consid-
ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final
passage without intervening motion except one motion to re-
commit with or without instructions.
Attest:
Clerk.