H. Res. 246

In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

September 8, 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. After further general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and the amendments

made in order by this resolution and shall not exceed one

hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and

ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the

five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute

rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now printed

in the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a sub-
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stitute shall be considered as read. All points of order against

the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute are

waived. No amendment to the committee amendment in the

nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed

in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this

resolution or specified by a subsequent order of the House.

Except as specified in section 2 of this resolution, the amendments printed in the report shall be considered in the order

printed. Unless otherwise specified in the report, each amendment may be offered only by the named proponent or a designee, 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, 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. 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
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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 amendments printed within a numbered part

of the report of the Committee on Rules (other than part 1)

out of the order in which they are printed, but not sooner

than one hour after the chairman of the Committee on

Armed Services or a designee announces from the floor a request to that effect.

SEC. 3. (a) After designation of the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, an additional period of

general debate shall be confined to funding levels for ballistic

missile defense and shall not exceed forty minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority

member of the Committee on Armed Services. It shall then

be in order to consider the amendments printed in part 1 of

the report of the Committee on Rules. 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.

(b) After disposition of or postponement of further proceedings on the amendments printed in part 1 of the report,

an additional period of general debate shall be confined to the

Trident II (D–5) missile and shall not exceed thirty minutes

equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
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minority member of the Committee on Armed Services. It

shall then be in order to consider the amendments printed in

part 2 of the report.

(c) After disposition of or postponement of further proceedings on the amendments printed in part 2 of the report,

an additional period of general debate shall be confined to

burdensharing and shall not exceed twenty minutes equally

divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority

member of the Committee on Armed Services. It shall then

be in order to consider the amendments printed in part 3 of

the report.

(d) After disposition of or postponement of further proceedings on the amendments printed in part 3 of the report,

an additional period of general debate shall be confined to

economic conversion and shall not exceed thirty minutes

equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking

minority member of the Committee on Armed Services. It

shall then be in order to consider the amendments printed in

part 4 of the report.

SEC. 4. After disposition of the amendments printed in

part 4 of the report of the Committee on Rules and any other

amendment on which further proceedings were earlier postponed, the Committee shall rise without motion. No further
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consideration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to

a subsequent order of the House.

Attest:

Clerk.