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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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 10, 1993

Mr. GEKAS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on Rules

RESOLUTION

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1220) and

certain amendments thereto relating to specified criminal

justice system reforms.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution it shall be in order for Representative Gekas

3 of Pennsylvania to move that the House resolve into the

4 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union

5 for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1220) to provide for

6 penalty of death for certain Federal crimes. The first read7 ing of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order

8 against the bill and against its consideration are waived.

9 General debate shall be confined to the bill and the amend10 ments made in order by this resolution and shall not ex-
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1 ceed two hours equally divided among and controlled by

2 the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com3 mittee on the Judiciary and Representative Gekas of

4 Pennsylvania. After general debate the bill shall be consid5 ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill

6 shall be considered as read. No amendment shall be in

7 order in the House or in the Committee of the Whole ex8 cept those designated in section 2 of this resolution. Each

9 amendment may be offered only in the order designated,

10 may be offered only by the named proponent or a designee,

11 may be offered only in a form printed in the portion of

12 the Congressional Record designated for amendments in

13 clause 6 of rule XXIII at least two calendar days before

14 the beginning of consideration of the bill (except as speci15 fied in sections 2(a)(6) and 2(a)(7) of this resolution),

16 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 30 min17 utes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and

18 an opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment ex19 cept as designated. All points of order against the amend20 ments are waived. If on any day the Committee of the

21 Whole rises and reports that it has come to no resolution

22 on the bill, then on the next legislative day the House

23 shall, immediately after the approval of the Journal, re24 solve into the Committee of the Whole for further consid25 eration of the bill. At the conclusion of consideration of
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1 the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and re2 port the bill to the House with such amendments as may

3 have been adopted. The previous question shall be consid4 ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to

5 final passage without intervening motion except one mo6 tion to recommit. After passage of H.R. 1220, it shall be

7 in order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill S. 1607,

8 and to consider the Senate bill in the House. All points

9 of order against the Senate bill and against its consider10 ation are waived. It shall be in order to move to strike

11 all after the enacting clause of the Senate bill and to insert

12 in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 1220, as passed by

13 the House. All points of order against that motion are

14 waived. If the motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as

15 amended, is passed, then it shall be in order to move that

16 the House insist on its amendments to S. 1607 and to

17 request a conference with the Senate thereon.

18 SEC. 2. (a) Each of the following amendments (or

19 a germane modification thereof) relating exclusively to the

20 topic specified shall be in order:

21 (1) Relating to the exclusionary rule, an amend22 ment by the chairman of the Committee on the Ju23 diciary consisting of text contained in H.R. 3131

24 and a germane amendment thereto by the ranking
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1 minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary

2 consisting of text contained in H.R. 2872.

3 (2) Relating to habeas corpus, an amendment

4 by the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary

5 consisting of text contained in H.R. 3131 and an

6 amendment by the ranking minority member of the

7 Committee on the Judiciary consisting of text con8 tained in H.R. 2872.

9 (3) Relating to prison construction, an amend10 ment by the chairman of the Committee on the Ju11 diciary consisting of text contained in H.R. 3131

12 and a germane amendment thereto by the ranking

13 minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary

14 consisting of text contained in H.R. 2872.

15 (4) Relating to offenders three times convicted

16 of felonies, an amendment by the chairman of the

17 Committee on the Judiciary consisting of text con18 tained in H.R. 3131 and an amendment by the

19 ranking minority member of the Committee on the

20 Judiciary consisting of text contained in H.R. 2872.

21 (5) Relating to felons in possession of a fire22 arm, an amendment by the chairman of the Commit23 tee on the Judiciary consisting of text contained in

24 H.R. 3131 and an amendment by the ranking mi-
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1 nority member of the Committee on the Judiciary

2 consisting of text contained in H.R. 2872.

3 (6) Relating to the death penalty, an amend4 ment by the chairman of the Committee on the Ju5 diciary consisting of text contained in H.R. 3131

6 and a germane amendment thereto by the ranking

7 minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary,

8 which amendment to the amendment shall not be

9 subject to the printing requirement of the first sec10 tion of this resolution.

11 (7) Relating to the problems of crime generally,

12 an amendment offered by the ranking minority

13 member of the Committee on the Judiciary, with the

14 concurrence of the chairman of the Committee on

15 the Judiciary, which amendment shall not be subject

16 to the printing requirement of the first section of

17 this resolution.

18 (b) If both of the amendments relating to a topic des19 ignated in one of the first five paragraphs of subsection

20 (a) are adopted, only the last to be adopted shall be con21 sidered as finally adopted and reported to the House.

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