House Calendar No. 159
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 429
[Report No. 103–509]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4301)
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995
for military activities of the Department of De-
fense, to prescribe military personnel strengths
for fiscal year 1995, and for other purposes.
MAY 17, 1994
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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House Calendar No. 159
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 429
[Report No. 103–509]
Providing for consideration 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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 17, 1994
Mr. FROST, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4301) to author-
ize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military activi-
ties of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for fiscal year 1995, and for other
purposes.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution 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 consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 4301) to authorize appropriations
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for fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths
for fiscal year 1995, and for other purposes. The first
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of
order against consideration of the bill are waived. General
debate shall be confined to the bill and the amendments
made in order by this resolution and shall not exceed two
hours equally divided and controlled by the chairman and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed
Services. After general debate the bill shall be considered
for amendment under the five-minute rule.
SEC. 2. It shall be in order to consider as an original
bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute
rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec-
ommended by the Committee on Armed Services now
printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points
of order against the committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute are waived. No amendment to the commit-
tee 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 and
amendments en bloc described in section 4 of this resolu-
tion. Except as specified in section 3, 4, or 5 of this resolu-
tion, each amendment printed in the report shall be con-
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sidered only in the order printed and may be offered only
by a Member designated in the report. Each amendment
printed 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. Unless
otherwise specified in the report, 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 pro
forma amendments for the purpose of debate may be of-
fered by the chairman or ranking minority member of the
Committee on Armed Services). All points of order against
amendments printed in the report are waived.
SEC. 3. (a) After disposition of or postponement of
further proceedings on amendments printed in part 1 of
the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this
resolution, it shall be in order to consider the amendments
printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules
accompanying this resolution. Such consideration shall
begin with an additional period of general debate, which
shall be confined to ballistic missile defense and shall not
exceed twenty minutes equally divided and controlled by
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Armed Services. If more than one of the amend-
ments printed in part 2 of the report is adopted, only the
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last to be adopted shall be considered as finally adopted
and reported to the House.
(b) After disposition of or postponement of further
proceedings on the amendments printed in part 2 of the
report, it shall be in order to consider the amendments
printed in part 3 of the report (relating to burdensharing).
(c) After disposition of or postponement of further
proceedings 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 of the Committee on Rules
accompanying this resolution. Such consideration shall
begin with an additional period of general debate, which
shall be confined to the Trident II (D–5) missile and shall
not exceed twenty 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
proceedings 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 (relating to the Seawolf
submarine).
(e) After disposition of or postponement of further
proceedings on the amendment printed in part 5 of the
report, it shall be in order to consider any amendment
printed in part 1 of the report not previously considered.
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SEC. 4. It shall be in order at any time for the chair-
man 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 germane modifications of
any such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursu-
ant 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 Committee
on Armed Services, 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
amendment to the text originally proposed to be stricken.
All points of order against such amendments en bloc are
waived. The original proponent of an amendment included
in such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in
the Congressional Record immediately before the disposi-
tion 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
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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 elec-
tronic device on any postponed question that immediately
follows another vote by electronic device without interven-
ing business, provided that the time for voting by elec-
tronic 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
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 Armed Services or a des-
ignee announces from the floor a request to that effect.
SEC. 6. After disposition of or continued postpone-
ment of further proceedings on each of the amendments
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution and any amendments offered pur-
suant to section 4 of this resolution, the Committee of the
Whole shall rise without motion. No further consideration
of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a subse-
quent order of the House.