[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 430 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                          May 10, 1996.
    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. 3230) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, 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 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 
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 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 committee 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 amendments printed in the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution and amendments en bloc described 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 report, may be offered only by a Member designated 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 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 Security each may offer one pro forma amendment for the purpose of 
further debate on any pending amendment).
    (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 
accompanying 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 
debatable 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 may be modified to the form of germane 
perfecting amendment to the text originally proposed to the stricken. 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. 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 device 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 
National Security or a designee announces from the floor a request to that 
effect.
    Sec. 5. 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 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 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.