PUBLIC LAW 97-86—DEC. 1, 1981
95 STAT. 1103
applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in the Senate in the case of resolutions described in subsection (b), and they supersede other rules of the Senate only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change such rules at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other rules of the Senate. (d) A resolution in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. (e) If the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate has not reported a resolution referred to it at the end of seven calendar days after its introduction, it is in order to move either to discharge the committee from further consideration of the resolution or to discharge the committee from further consideration of any other resolution which has been referred to the committee. (f) A motion to discharge may be made only by a Senator favoring the resolution, is highly privileged (except that it may not be made after the committee has reported a resolution), and debate thereon shall be limited to not more than one hour, to be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. An amendment to the motion is not in order, and it is not in order tc move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. (g) If the motion to discharge is agreed to or disagreedf to, the motion may not be renewed, nor may another motion to discharge the committee be made with respect to any other resolution. (h) When the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate has reported, or has been discharged from further consideration of, a resolution, it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of the resolution. The motion is highly privileged and is not debatable. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. (i)(l) Debate in the Senate on the resolution shall be limited to not Debate. more than ten hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion further to limit debate is not debatable. An amendment to, or motion to recommit, the resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order. (2) Motions in the Senate to postpone, made with respect to the discharge from committee or the consideration of a resolution, and motions to proceed to the consideration of other business, shall be decided without debate. (3) Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of the Chair relating to Appeals. the application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure relating to a resolution shall be decided without debate. TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 301. (a) Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1982 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States and other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for operation and mainteneince in amounts as follows: For the Army, $17,024,044,000. For the Navy, $20,130,410,000.
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