[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 248 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 248

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                    September 13, 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. 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 and amendments en bloc described in section 2 of 
this resolution. Pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate may be offered 
only by the chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 
Services. Except as specified in section 2 or 3 of this resolution, each 
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered 
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for ten minutes 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. 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 the report of the Committee on Rules or germane 
modifications thereof. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read except 
that modifications shall be reported. Amendments en bloc 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 
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 amendments en bloc are 
waived. The original proponent of an amendment included in amendments en bloc 
may insert a statement in the Congressional Record immediately before the 
disposition of the amendments en bloc.
    Sec. 3. 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 an amendment printed in the report of 
the Committee on Rules out of the order printed, but not sooner than one hour 
after the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services announces from the floor a 
request to that effect.
    Sec. 4. After disposition of the amendments printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules, 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.