House Calendar No. 84

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 248

[Report No. 103–236]

RESOLUTION

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R.

for fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes.Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths1994 for military activities of the Department of2401) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year

SEPTEMBER 9, 1993

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed
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House Calendar No. 84

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 248

[Report No. 103–236]

Providing 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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 9, 1993

Mr. FROST, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;

which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing 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.

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

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of

3 rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further

5 consideration of the bill (H.R. 2401) to authorize appro-
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1 priations for fiscal year 1994 for military activities of the

2 Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel

3 strengths for fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes. No

4 further amendment to the committee amendment in the

5 nature of a substitute shall be in order except the amend6 ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules

7 accompanying this resolution and amendments en bloc de8 scribed in section 2 of this resolution. Pro forma amend9 ments for the purpose of debate may be offered only by

10 the chairman or ranking minority member of the Commit11 tee on Armed Services. Except as specified in section 2

12 or 3 of this resolution, each amendment may be offered

13 only in the order printed in the report, may be offered

14 only by a Member designated in the report, shall be con15 sidered as read, shall be debatable for ten minutes equally

16 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent,

17 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub18 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House

19 or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order

20 against amendments printed in the report are waived.

21 SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chair22 man of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee

23 to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments

24 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules or ger25 mane modifications thereof. Amendments en bloc shall be
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1 considered as read except that modifications shall be re2 ported. Amendments en bloc shall be debatable for twenty

3 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman

4 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed

5 Services, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not

6 be subject to a demand for division of the question in the

7 House or in the Committee of the Whole. For the purpose

8 of inclusion in amendments en bloc, an amendment print9 ed in the form of a motion to strike may be modified to

10 the form of a germane perfecting amendment to the text

11 originally proposed to be stricken. All points of order

12 against amendments en bloc are waived. The original pro13 ponent of an amendment included in amendments en bloc

14 may insert a statement in the Congressional Record imme15 diately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.

16 SEC. 3. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole

17 may postpone until a time during further consideration

18 in the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded

19 vote on any amendment made in order by this resolution.

20 The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may reduce

21 to not less than five minutes the time for voting by elec22 tronic device on any postponed question that immediately

23 follows another vote by electronic device without interven24 ing business: Provided, That the time for voting by elec25 tronic device on the first in any series of questions shall
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1 be not less than fifteen minutes. The chairman of the

2 Committee of the Whole may recognize for consideration

3 of an amendment printed in the report of the Committee

4 on Rules out of the order printed, but not sooner than

5 one hour after the chairman of the Committee on Armed

6 Services announces from the floor a request to that effect.

7 SEC. 4. After disposition of the amendments printed

8 in the report of the Committee on Rules, the Committee

9 shall rise without motion. No further consideration of the

10 bill shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent order

11 of the House.