[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 308 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 308

  Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1220) and certain 
   amendments thereto relating to specified criminal justice system 
                                reforms.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 1993

Mr. Gekas submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1220) and certain 
   amendments thereto relating to specified criminal justice system 
                                reforms.

    Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order for Representative Gekas of Pennsylvania to move that 
the House resolve into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1220) to provide for 
penalty of death for certain Federal crimes. The first reading of the 
bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against the bill and 
against its consideration are waived. General debate shall be confined 
to the bill and the amendments made in order by this resolution and 
shall not exceed two hours equally divided among and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary 
and Representative Gekas of Pennsylvania. After general debate the bill 
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill 
shall be considered as read. No amendment shall be in order in the 
House or in the Committee of the Whole except those designated in 
section 2 of this resolution. Each amendment may be offered only in the 
order designated, may be offered only by the named proponent or a 
designee, may be offered only in a form printed in the portion of the 
Congressional Record designated for amendments in clause 6 of rule 
XXIII at least two calendar days before the beginning of consideration 
of the bill (except as specified in sections 2(a)(6) and 2(a)(7) of 
this resolution), shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 
30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment except as designated. 
All points of order against the amendments are waived. If on any day 
the Committee of the Whole rises and reports that it has come to no 
resolution on the bill, then on the next legislative day the House 
shall, immediately after the approval of the Journal, resolve into the 
Committee of the Whole for further consideration of the bill. 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 adopted. 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. After passage of H.R. 1220, it 
shall be in order to take from the Speaker's table the bill S. 1607, 
and to consider the Senate bill in the House. All points of order 
against the Senate bill and against its consideration are waived. It 
shall be in order to move to strike all after the enacting clause of 
the Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 
1220, as passed by the House. All points of order against that motion 
are waived. If the motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as amended, 
is passed, then it shall be in order to move that the House insist on 
its amendments to S. 1607 and to request a conference with the Senate 
thereon.
    Sec. 2. (a) Each of the following amendments (or a germane 
modification thereof) relating exclusively to the topic specified shall 
be in order:
            (1) Relating to the exclusionary rule, an amendment by the 
        chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary consisting of text 
        contained in H.R. 3131 and a germane amendment thereto by the 
        ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary 
        consisting of text contained in H.R. 2872.
            (2) Relating to habeas corpus, an amendment by the chairman 
        of the Committee on the Judiciary consisting of text contained 
        in H.R. 3131 and an amendment by the ranking minority member of 
        the Committee on the Judiciary consisting of text contained in 
        H.R. 2872.
            (3) Relating to prison construction, an amendment by the 
        chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary consisting of text 
        contained in H.R. 3131 and a germane amendment thereto by the 
        ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary 
        consisting of text contained in H.R. 2872.
            (4) Relating to offenders three times convicted of 
        felonies, an amendment by the chairman of the Committee on the 
        Judiciary consisting of text contained in H.R. 3131 and an 
        amendment by the ranking minority member of the Committee on 
        the Judiciary consisting of text contained in H.R. 2872.
            (5) Relating to felons in possession of a firearm, an 
        amendment by the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary 
        consisting of text contained in H.R. 3131 and an amendment by 
        the ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary 
        consisting of text contained in H.R. 2872.
            (6) Relating to the death penalty, an amendment by the 
        chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary consisting of text 
        contained in H.R. 3131 and a germane amendment thereto by the 
        ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary, 
        which amendment to the amendment shall not be subject to the 
        printing requirement of the first section of this resolution.
            (7) Relating to the problems of crime generally, an 
        amendment offered by the ranking minority member of the 
        Committee on the Judiciary, with the concurrence of the 
        chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, which amendment 
        shall not be subject to the printing requirement of the first 
        section of this resolution.
    (b) If both of the amendments relating to a topic designated in one 
of the first five paragraphs of subsection (a) are adopted, only the 
last to be adopted shall be considered as finally adopted and reported 
to the House.

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