H. Res. 401

In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

April 13, 1994.

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. 4092) to control and prevent crime.

No further general debate shall be in order. The bill shall be

considered for amendment under the five-minute rule and

shall be considered as read. Except as provided in section 2

of this resolution, no amendment shall be in order except

those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each amendment printed in the report may be offered only in the order printed, may be offered

only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the

report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an

opponent, 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
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the Whole. All points of order against the amendments printed in the report are waived. If more than one of the following

amendments printed in part 1 of the report relating to habeas corpus is adopted, only the last to be adopted shall be

considered as finally adopted and reported to the House: by

Representative Hyde of Illinois; and by Representative Derrick of South Carolina.

SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman

of the Committee on the Judiciary or his designee to offer

amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in

part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules or germane

modifications of any such amendment. Amendments en bloc

offered pursuant to this section shall be considered as read

(except that modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the

chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on

the Judiciary, 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 such 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

such amendments en bloc are waived. The original proponent

of an amendment included in such amendments en bloc may
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insert a statement in the Congressional Record immediately

before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.

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 15 minutes.

SEC. 4. 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. 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.

SEC. 5. After passage of H.R. 4092, it shall be in order

to take from the Speaker’s table the bill H.R. 3355, with a

Senate amendment thereto, and to consider the Senate

amendment in the House. It shall be in order to move to concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment inserting

the text of H.R. 4092 as passed by the House in lieu of the

matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate. All points of
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order against that motion are waived. If the motion is adopted, then it shall be in order to move that the House insist

on its amendments to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3355

and request a conference with the Senate thereon.

Attest:

Clerk.