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The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is subject to the call of the Chair.

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2810 as unfinished business.

On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.

Mr. Thornberry moved that the Committee rise.

On agreeing to the Thornberry amendments; as modified Agreed to by voice vote.

Amendments en bloc offered by Mr. Thornberry, comprised of the following amendments printed in Part B of House Report 115-212 as en bloc No. 4: Nos. 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, and 87.

On agreeing to the Thornberry amendments; Agreed to by voice vote.

Amendments en bloc offered by Mr. Thornberry, comprised of the following amendments printed in Part B of House Report 115-212 as en bloc No. 3: Nos. 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, and 68.

On agreeing to the Thornberry amendments; Agreed to by voice vote.

Amendments en bloc offered by Mr. Thornberry, comprised of the following amendments printed in Part B of House Report 115-212 as en bloc No. 2: Nos. 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49.

On agreeing to the Thornberry amendments; Agreed to by voice vote.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the McClintock amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. McClintock demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Rogers (AL), numbered 88 printed in Part B of House Report 115-212 to amend section 1043 of the FY2012 National Defense Authorization Act to state that the Secretary may include information and data on the costs of nuclear weapons modernization beyond the currently required 10-year window if the Secretary determines such is accurate and useful.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Rogers (AL) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Rogers (AL) demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.

Amendments en bloc offered by Mr. Thornberry, comprised of the following amendments printed in Part B of House Report 115-212 as en bloc No. 1: Nos. 3, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 431, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rogers (AL) Part B Amendment No. 88.

An amendment, offered by Mr. McClintock, numbered 14 printed in Part B of House Report 115-212 to strike section 2702, the prohibition on conducting an additional round of Base Realignment and Closure.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 431, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the McClintock Part B Amendment No. 14.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Blumenauer amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Blumenauer demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Blumenauer, numbered 13 printed in Part B of House Report 115-212 to limit spending on the Long Range Standoff weapon (LRSO) until the Administration submits a Nuclear Posture Review to Congress including a detailed assessment of the weapon.