H. Res. 431
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
May 23, 1994.
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 further consider-
ation 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.
SEC. 2. After further general debate, which shall be con-
fined to the bill and amendments made in order by this reso-
lution and which shall not exceed one hour equally divided
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member
of the Committee on Armed Services, no further amendment
to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute
shall be in order except the amendments printed in the report
of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution or
in part 1 of House Report 103–509 and amendments en bloc
described in section 4 of this resolution. Except as specified
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in section 3, 4, or 5 of this resolution, each amendment print-
ed in the report shall be considered only in the order printed
and may be offered only by a Member designated in the re-
port. Each amendment printed in the report shall be consid-
ered 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. Unless otherwise specified in the report, each amend-
ment printed in the report shall be debatable for ten minutes
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an oppo-
nent and shall not be subject to amendment (except that pro
forma amendments for the purpose of debate may be offered
by the chairman or ranking minority member of the Commit-
tee on Armed Services). All points of order against amend-
ments printed in the report are waived.
SEC. 3. (a) After disposition of or postponement of fur-
ther proceedings on amendments printed in part 1 of the re-
port of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution
or in part 1 of House Report 103–509, it shall be in order
to consider the amendment printed in part 2 of that report.
(b) After disposition of or postponement of further pro-
ceedings on the amendment printed in part 2 of the report,
it shall be in order to consider the amendments printed in
part 3 of the report. Such consideration shall begin with an
additional period of general debate, which shall be confined
to the subject of Bosnia and Herzegovina and shall not ex-
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ceed thirty minutes equally divided and controlled by the
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Armed Services. If more than one of the amendments printed
in part 3 of the report is adopted, only the last to be adopted
shall be considered as finally adopted and reported to the
House.
(c) After disposition of or postponement of further pro-
ceedings on the amendments printed in part 3 of the report,
it shall be in order to consider the amendments printed in
part 4 of the report. Such consideration shall begin with an
additional period of general debate, which shall be confined
to the subject of Haiti and shall not exceed thirty minutes
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Armed Services.
(d) After disposition of or postponement of further pro-
ceedings on the amendments printed in part 4 of the report,
it shall be in order to consider the amendment printed in part
5 of the report.
(e) After disposition of or postponement of further pro-
ceedings on the amendment printed in part 5 of the report,
it shall be in order to consider the amendments printed in
part 6 of the report. Such consideration shall begin with an
additional period of general debate, which shall be confined
to the C–17 aircraft and shall not exceed sixty minutes equal-
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ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on Armed Services.
(f) After disposition of or postponement of further pro-
ceedings on the amendments printed in part 6 of the report,
it shall be in order to consider any amendment printed in
part 1 of that report or in part 1 of House Report 103–509
not previously considered.
SEC. 4. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman
of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to offer
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in
part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying
this resolution or in part 1 of House Report 103–509 or ger-
mane 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
debatable for twenty minutes equally divided and controlled
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, shall not be subject to amendment,
and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques-
tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. For the
purpose of inclusion in such amendments en bloc, an amend-
ment printed in the form of a motion to strike may be modi-
fied to the form of a germane perfecting amendment to the
text originally proposed to be stricken. All points of order
against such amendments en bloc are waived. The original
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proponent of an amendment included in such amendments en
bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record im-
mediately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.
SEC. 5. 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. 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 device on the first in any
series of questions shall be not less than fifteen minutes. The
chairman of the Committee of the Whole may recognize for
consideration of any amendment made in order by this reso-
lution out of the order printed, but not sooner than one hour
after the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services or
a designee announces from the floor a request 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 finally
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 na-
ture of a substitute. The previous question shall be consid-
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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.