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 consid-
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ered 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
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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
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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.