[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 254 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 254

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                    September 28, 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 3 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 sections 2 through 4 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 
not be subject to amendment except as specified in the report, and shall not be 
subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole. Except as otherwise specified in the report, each 
amendment printed in the report shall be debatable for ten minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. All points of order 
against amendments printed in the report are waived.
    Sec. 2. It shall be in order at any time to consider the amendments printed 
in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules in the order printed. Such 
consideration shall begin with an additional period of general debate, which 
shall be confined to section 575 of the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute and the amendments printed in part 1 of the report and shall not 
exceed one hour equally divided and controlled among the chairman of the 
Committee on Armed Services, the ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Armed Services, and Representative Skelton of Missouri. 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.
    Sec. 3. 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 part 4 of the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution or in House Report 103-236 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. 4. 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 parts 2 through 
4 of 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. 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 finally 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. 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.