[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 431 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 431

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                          May 23, 1994.
    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 further 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.
    Sec. 2. After further general debate, which shall be confined to the bill 
and amendments made in order by this resolution 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 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 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 proceedings 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 exceed 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 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. 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 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.
    (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 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 equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services.
    (f) After disposition of or postponement of further proceedings 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 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 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 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 nature of a substitute. The previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final 
passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
            Attest:






                                                                          Clerk.