[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 429 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 House Calendar No. 159

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              H. RES. 429

                          [Report No. 103-509]

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                               RESOLUTION

   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.

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                              May 17, 1994

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed





                                                 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.


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                    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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   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.

    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 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. 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 recommended by the Committee on Armed 
Services 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 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute are 
waived. No 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 and 
amendments en bloc described in section 4 of this resolution. Except as 
specified in section 3, 4, or 5 of this resolution, each amendment 
printed in the report shall be considered 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 offered 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 Committee on Armed Services. If more than one of 
the amendments printed in part 2 of the report is adopted, only the 
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.
    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 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 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 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 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 
designee announces from the floor a request to that effect.
    Sec. 6. After disposition of or continued postponement of further 
proceedings on each of the amendments printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and any amendments 
offered pursuant 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 subsequent order of the House.