H. Res. 430
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
May 10, 1996.
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. 3230) to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 1997 for military activities of the Department of De-
fense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year
1997, 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 shall
be considered as read. All points of order against the commit-
tee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived.
(b) No amendment to the committee amendment in the
nature of a substitute shall be in order except the amend-
ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac-
companying this resolution and amendments en bloc de-
scribed in section 3 of this resolution.
(c) Except as specified in section 4 of this resolution,
each amendment printed in the report of the Committee on
Rules shall be considered only in the order printed in the re-
port, may be offered only by a Member designated in the re-
port, 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. Unless otherwise specified in the re-
port of the Committee on Rules, each amendment printed 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 Se-
curity each may offer one pro forma amendment for the pur-
pose of further debate on any pending amendment).
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(d) All points of order against amendments printed in
the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments en bloc
described in section 3 of this resolution are waived.
(e) Consideration of the first two amendments in part A
of the report of the Committee on Rules 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 Soviet Union and shall not exceed forty 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 B of the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
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
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may be modified to the form of germane perfecting amend-
ment to the text originally proposed to the stricken. The
original 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) 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
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. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to
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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.