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 consid-
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ered 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.
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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.