[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 246 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 246

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                     September 8, 1993.
    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. 2401) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1994 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes. After further 
general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and the amendments made in 
order by this resolution and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 
Services, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. 
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 those printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution or specified by a subsequent 
order of the House. Except as specified in section 2 of this resolution, the 
amendments printed in the report shall be considered in the order printed. 
Unless otherwise specified in the report, each amendment may be offered only by 
the named proponent or a designee, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 
the proponent and an opponent, 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. All points of order against amendments printed in the 
report are waived.
    Sec. 2. 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 amendments printed within a numbered 
part of the report of the Committee on Rules (other than part 1) out of the 
order in which they are 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. 3. (a) After designation of the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, an additional period of general debate shall be confined to funding 
levels for ballistic missile defense and shall not exceed forty minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Armed Services. It shall then be in order to consider the 
amendments printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules. If more 
than one of the amendments printed in part 1 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 1 of the report, an additional period of general 
debate shall be confined to the Trident II (D-5) missile and shall not exceed 
thirty minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Armed Services. It shall then be in order to 
consider the amendments printed in part 2 of the report.
    (c) After disposition of or postponement of further proceedings on the 
amendments printed in part 2 of the report, an additional period of general 
debate shall be confined to burdensharing and shall not exceed twenty minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Armed Services. It shall then be in order to consider the 
amendments printed in part 3 of the report.
    (d) After disposition of or postponement of further proceedings on the 
amendments printed in part 3 of the report, an additional period of general 
debate shall be confined to economic conversion and shall not exceed thirty 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Armed Services. It shall then be in order to consider 
the amendments printed in part 4 of the report.
    Sec. 4. After disposition of the amendments printed in part 4 of the report 
of the Committee on Rules and any other amendment on which further proceedings 
were earlier postponed, the Committee shall rise without motion. No further 
consideration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent 
order of the House.
            Attest:






                                                                          Clerk.